Given name & surname
Ruud
Ruud is used as a given name and a surname. Ruud is connected with Rudolf.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Ruud is a short form of Rudolf. An origin associated with Rudolf is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch use, Ruud is used as a shortened form of Rudolf.
The story
In Dutch use, Ruud is a short form of Rudolf. The history of Rudolf gives this family its wider story. Rudolf has historical associations with the Habsburg dynasty.
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The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ruud
- Ruud GullitDutch association football player and managerborn 1962
- Ruud van NistelrooyDutch association football player and coachborn 1976
- Ruud KrolDutch football playerborn 1949
- Ruud GeelsDutch footballer (1948–2023)
- Ruud HespDutch footballerborn 1965
- Ruud VormerDutch footballerborn 1988
- Ruud JolieDutch musicianborn 1976
- Ruud BoffinBelgian association football playerborn 1987
- Ruud StokvisDutch rowerborn 1943
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