South German: from a pet form of the personal name
Ru(o)diger, a compound of Old High German hrod
‘renown’ + ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ (see Roger).North German: from a short form of a personal name containing the
Middle Low German element rik(e) ‘rich’, ‘powerful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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