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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : variant of Ruud.
  • Hungarian (Rúd) : from rúd ‘stick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a soldier or a nickname for a fighter.
  • Variant spelling of English Rudd.

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