Rudyard - Meaning of Rudyard

What does Rudyard mean?

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Rudyard

[ 2 syll. ru-dyar(d), rud-ya-rd ] The baby boy name Rudyard is pronounced as RAHDY-erD †. Rudyard's language of origin is Old English and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Rudyard is 'red yard; lake full of rudd (fish)'.

Rudd (contracted form in ) is a variant of the name.

See also the related categories, red (rose), full (loud), english, and fish.

Rudyard is an uncommon baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

† Pronunciation for Rudyard: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

A famous person named Rudyard is Author, Rudyard Kipling, born 30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936, Bombay, India.