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Rutter

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : occupational name for a player on the rote (see Root 2).
  • English : nickname for an unscrupulous person, from Old French ro(u)tier ‘robber’, ‘highwayman’, ‘footpad’.
  • Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch rut(t)er ‘freebooter’, ‘footpad’, cognate with 2. Compare Reuter 2.

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