Ruddy

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ruddy is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name32K records spelled Ruddy8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Venezuela, United States, Bolivia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Rüddy, Rûddy, ̶R̶u̶d̶d̶y̶, Rúddy, Ŗuddy

• Indonesian given name4.2K records spelled Ruddy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ruddý

• Arabic given name404 records spelled Ruddy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Malaysia, Spain

  Also written Rüddÿ

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 67 years between 1936–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ruddy Rodríguezb. 1967VEpageant titleholder, actress, model and businesswoman
• Ruddy Awahb. 1969MYMalaysian politician
• Lilian Thuramb. 1972FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1972)
• Ruddy Nelhommeb. 1972FRFrench basketball coach
• Ruddy Buquetb. 1977FRFrench football referee
• Ruddy Pomarèdeb. 1978FRFrench teacher, known as director and screenwriter of webseries ("Damned" and "Flander's company")
• Ruddy Lugob. 1980DODominican Republic baseball player
• Ruddy Warnierb. 1988BEBelgian politician
• Ruddy M'Passib. 1989CGCongolese and French footballer
• Ruddy LeloucheCAcomputer scientist, researcher and university professor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 427 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ruddy?

We estimate roughly 2.3 thousand people bear Ruddy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Ruddy have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.1 thousand people bear Ruddy in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ruddy.

Where is Ruddy most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ruddy is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 14 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ruddy compared with other names?

In Bolivia, Ruddy is the 549th most common given name of 14,901 given names recorded there.

Is Ruddy a male or female name?

Ruddy is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ruddy mean?

Recorded meaning: Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.