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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Ruhn, from a short form of a personal name such as Ruomald.
  • altered spelling of Rühen, reduced form of German Rüden or Ruden.
  • Norwegian : unexplained.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of Irish and Scottish Ruane.

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