Rudi

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Swiss German and South German : from a short form, Ruodo, or a Germanic personal name formed with hrōd ‘renown’ (see Rudolf).
• German (of Slavic origin) : from Slavic rudy ‘red’, applied as a nickname for someone with red hair or a metonymic occupational name for a metalworker or miner (from ruda ‘red earth’).
• Norwegian : habitational name from any of over fifteen farmsteads so named, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.