Given name & surname · also German

Ruden

Ruden is a surname from German, ultimately from Swedish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ruden comes from German, and ultimately from Swedish.

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How it developed

From German Ruden, from Swedish Rudén.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ruden’s family of names

In English usage, Ruden as a surname was borrowed from the Swedish form Rudén.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Swedish

Rehn

Rehn is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

No U.S. birth series

69% boys · 31% girls

Swedish

Rudbeck

Rudbeck is a surname from Swedish. It is used in English and Swedish.

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Swedish

Raikunen

Raikunen is a surname, possibly from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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Swedish

Riittinen

Riittinen is a surname, possibly from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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Swedish

Räikkönen

Räikkönen is a surname from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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Swedish

Rosengren

Rosengren is a surname from Swedish. It is used in English and Swedish.

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Swedish

Romppainen

Romppainen is a surname. It is used in Finnish.

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Swedish

Ruutu

Ruutu is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Ruden’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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