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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : variant of Ruge 1.
  • North German : nickname from Rüde ‘hound’ (see Rude 2).
  • North German : habitational name from places named Rühen, Rüden, Rhüden in northern Germany.

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