# Rudge

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #80,833

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197).
3. A hamlet in Beckington parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8251).
4. A locality in Froxfield parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2769).

## Etymology
From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rudge