French: topographic name for someone who lived on a track or
pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga ‘crease’,
‘fold’).English: variant of Rowe 1, from the Old English
byform r?w, or a habitational name from places in Devon and
Isle of Wight called Rew from this word.Norwegian:
habitational name from any of over fifteen farmsteads so named,
notably in Telemark, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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