Given name & surname
Ruiter
“knight, horseman”
Ruiter is a surname from Dutch.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ruiter goes back to Dutch Ruiter, meaning “knight, horseman.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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