Rudy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rudi in ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia, IN India and 1 more and รอด in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 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◐

Rudy is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name455K records spelled Rudy27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Venezuela

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Rüdÿ, Rüdy, Ru'Dy, Rùdy, Rûdý

• Indonesian given name66K records spelled Rudy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rüdy

• a separate given name23K records spelled Rudy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ecuador

  Also written Rüdy, Rudý

• Polish given name8.3K records spelled Rudy5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Rudý, Řúďý

• Ukrainian surname1.2K records spelled Rudy25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, United States

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

  Also written Рудий, Руди, Рудый, Руды, Rudyj

65 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.

Other recorded senses●

Rudy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Diminutif de Rodolphe; origine germanique, « gloire » et « loup ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Diminutif de Rudolf/Rodolphe, d’origine germanique.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Diminutif de Rudolf/Rodolphe.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, Teutonic; a famous wolf

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Pet form of Rudolf.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rudy Valléeb. 1901USAmerican singer, actor, and entertainer (1901–1986)
• Rudi Fehrb. 1911DEnot in their usual nameGerman-American film editor (1911-1999)
• Rudy Bondb. 1912USAmerican actor (1912-1982)
• Egon Krenzb. 1937DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician, communist leader of East Germany
• Rudi Dutschkeb. 1940DEnot in their usual nameGerman student activist (1940–1979)
• Rudi Völlerb. 1960DEnot in their usual nameGerman footballer and manager (born 1960)
• Rudi Garciab. 1964FRnot in their usual nameFrench football manager
• Rudy Gayb. 1986USAmerican basketball player (born 1986)
• Rudy Gestedeb. 1988FRBeninese-French footballer (born 1988)
• Rudy Gobertb. 1992FRFrench basketball player (born 1992)

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 · 1,041 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rudy?

We estimate roughly 91 thousand people bear Rudy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Rudy have the most bearers?

Rudy is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled rudi.

Where is Rudy most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rudy is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 206 people — even though Indonesia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Rudy compared with other names?

In Indonesia, Rudy is the 74th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.

Is Rudy a male or female name?

Rudy 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 Rudy mean?

Recorded meaning: A diminutive of the male given name Rudolph.