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What does Rudie mean?

Rudie Pronunciation of Rudie as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Rudie) is an Old German name, and the meaning of Rudie is "famous wolf". Rudie is a variant form of Rudolph (Old German): name of the red-nosed reindeer.

STARTS WITH Ru-

ASSOCIATED WITH famous, wolf

Variations

VARIANTS Rudy, Rudi, Rudey

RELATED FORMS VIA RUDOLPH Rolfe, Rudolf

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Redie, ..

(female) Rudel, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rudie Bentlee (R.B.), ..

How popular is Rudie?

Rudie is an uncommon first name for men but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#40622 out of 150436, Top 27%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Rudie (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Rudolf, Rudolph and Rudy (#822 A YEAR AGO). Other variants, like Rudey, are seldom used. These forms of Rudie reached the peak of their popularity in the 1920s (AVERAGE #472) and are now significantly less conventional, with the version Rudolph becoming less trendy. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rudolf, Rudolph, Rudy in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rudie and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Rudie is alike in pronunciation to Roddie, Roddy, Rodeo and Rudee. Other recommended sound-alike names are Addie, Andie, Ardie, Audie, Augie, Bodie, Buddie, Codie, Eddie, Hubie, Jodie, Kodie, Odie, Randie, Remie, Ridge, Rodge, Rodnie, Rube, Rubi, Rubin, Rubio, Rudd, Rudiger, Rune and Rurik. These names tend to be more commonly used than Rudie.

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