German : from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old High
German hrōd ‘fame’, for example Rudolf or
Rüdiger (see Rudiger).
German : from Middle High German
rude, rü(e)de ‘hound’, probably applied as a nickname
or as a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of hunting dogs.
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