Ruud

From Dutch Ruud.

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌd/

Ruud

1. A male given name from Dutch

• Rudy

Shortened from Rudolf ( = English Rudolph).

• IPA^(key): /ryt/, [ryt]

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• Hyphenation: Ruud
• Rhymes: -yt

Ruud m

1. a male given name

• duur, Urdu

From Old Norse ruð, rjóðr, ryðja (“clearing”); from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną, *reudaną (“to clear”) (in Old Norse rjóða), and Proto-Germanic *rudōną (“to clear”) (in German rotten); from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ-.

• (Bokmål) IPA^(key): /rʉː/

Ruud

1. a surname of Norwegian origin