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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (West Midlands) : topographic name from West Midland Middle English rugge, a variant of rigge ‘ridge’, or a habitational name from the village of Rudge in Shropshire, which is named with this word.
  • English (West Midlands) : from a medieval personal name, a pet form of Roger.
  • English (West Midlands) : nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Old French r(o)uge ‘red’ (Latin rubeus).

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