Ruedy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rudy in US United States, PH Philippines, NL Netherlands and 14 more, 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name 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◐

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

• French surname301 records spelled Ruedy2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States

  Also written Ruédy

• Spanish surname241 records spelled Ruedy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Colombia, Switzerland

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Rüedy

• a separate surname120 records spelled Ruedy2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Rüedy

28 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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Reto RuedyCHresearcher

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 · 15 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ruedy?

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

In which country does Ruedy have the most bearers?

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

Where is Ruedy most common?

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

How common is Ruedy compared with other names?

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