Ruggles Family History
Ruggles Name Meaning
English (Essex): variant of the now extinct surname Ruggle with post-medieval excrescent -s. The origin of Ruggle is uncertain. It could be a variant of the Suffolk and Essex name Ricold with voicing of /k/ to /g/ and the same vowel change as seen in Smoothy for Smithey (another Suffolk and Essex name) and in Puckering for Pickering .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022