Rudd

English surname

"red or ruddy"

Rudd Origin and Meaning

The name Rudd is a boy's name meaning "red or ruddy".

The surname Rudd, made most famous by Antman actor Paul, derives from the words ruddy or red and may have originally been given to someone with a reddish complexion.

While this name can theoretically be a short form of Rudyard, we like it just as it is. You might see it as an honor name for Daniel Rudd, who started the first newspaper for Black Americans and was an early Civil Rights aactivist.