Ruder Family History
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Ruder Name Meaning
metonymic occupational name for a boatman or sailor, from Middle High German ruoder, ruodel ‘rudder’, ‘oar’. from a personal name containing the Old High German element hrod ‘fame’, ‘renown’. variant of Rude 3. (Rüder): variant of Reuter 1. EG
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Rader, Reder, Rumer, Roder, Rude, Puder, Rufer, Ruden, Buder, Rider