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RUGGLES : From a medieval diminutive of the given name ROGER.

RUIZ : Means "son of RUY" in Spanish.

RUNDSTROM : From a Swedish place name meaning "round stream".

RUOHO : Means "grass" in Finnish.

RUOTSALAINEN : Means "Swede" from Finnish ruotsalainen.

RUPERTSON : Means "son of RUPERT".

RUPERTSSON : Swedish form of RUPERTSON.

RUSH : Refers to a rush, the grasslike plant that grows in a marsh.

RUSKIN (1) : Means "tanner" from the Gaelic rusg(aire)an.

RUSKIN (2) : Means "little Rose" from the medieval given name ROSE.

RUSNAK : Means "Russian" in Polish.

RUSSEL : Variant of RUSSELL.

RUSSELL : From a Norman French nickname which meant "little red one", perhaps originally describing a person with red hair.

RUSSO : Variant of ROSSI.

RUSTICI : From a medieval nickname for a rustic man living in the country.

RUTHERFORD : Originally taken by families who lived near the town of Rutherford in Scotland. It means "cattle ford" in Old English. The name dates back to the 13th...

RUTHERFURD : Variant of RUTHERFORD.

RUTKOWSKI : Originally a name for a person from Rutki, Poland.

RUTTEN : Derived from the given name RUTGER.

RUUD : Derived from Old Norse ruð meaning "clearing".

RUZSA : Dialectical variant of RÓZSA.

RUZZIER : From a dialectal variant of RUGGERO. It is typical of northeastern Italy, the area around Trieste.

RUŽIČKA : Means "little rose" in Czech.

RYAN : Anglicized form of Ó RIAIN, or else a simplified form of MULRYAN.

RYBÁR : Slovak form of RYBÁŘ.

RYBÁŘ : Means "fisher" in Czech.

RYDER : Occupational surname for a mounted forest officer, from Old English ridere meaning "rider".

RYE (1) : Means "dweller on an island, dry land in marsh" from Middle English atter ye.

RYE (2) : Means "dweller by a stream" from Middle English atter eye.

RYE (3) : Means "dweller where rye was grown" from Old English ryge.



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