Family name origins & meanings
- German : habitational name from any of several places named Ruda, Rudau, Rude, Ruden or Rüde.
- German (Rüden) : patronymic from the personal name Rüde (see Rude 1).
- Swedish (Rudén) : ornamental name composed of the place name element rud- ‘woodland clearing’ + the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius.