English: nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy
complexion, from Middle English rudde, Old English rud
‘red’, ‘ruddy’.Americanized shortened form of any of
various Jewish surnames beginning with Rud-.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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