Given name
Ruddie
“one who has a ruddy complexion”
Ruddie is a variant of Rudd. One English interpretation is “one who has a ruddy complexion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ruddie is a variant of Rudd. One English interpretation is “one who has a ruddy complexion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ruddie is a variant of Rudd. An origin associated with Rudd is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ruddie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1949.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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