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Rudy

boy name · Germanic origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

nickname-style variant of Rudolph, meaning 'famous wolf'

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1990s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rudy peaked in the 1990s.

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