Rudyard Forename

169,468th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,991 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Rudyard Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Famous rod or wand. Name now immortalized by Britain’s brilliant poet-novelist.

Rudyard Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
99%
 
8371:126,6546,568
United States
100%
3781:959,09320,390
Jamaica-1971:14,6361,415
Brazil
100%
831:2,581,15850,123
Dominican Republic-621:168,2467,350
Peru
100%
551:578,0269,739
Mexico
100%
481:2,586,34213,729
Ecuador-321:553,9665,646
Chile
100%
281:628,8296,934
England
100%
271:2,059,36726,023
Colombia
100%
231:2,077,34517,160
Indonesia-221:11,725,621355,622
Papua New Guinea
100%
211:388,20530,311
South Africa
100%
171:3,207,80380,389
Canada
100%
161:2,070,83630,435
Venezuela
100%
131:2,323,22339,208
Nicaragua
100%
111:547,1219,117
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
111:123,7657,962
Guyana
100%
101:76,3266,296
Uruguay-91:380,8495,148
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Costa Rica
100%
41:1,191,98712,292
United States Virgin Islands-41:27,4372,836
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Germany
100%
31:32,225,95964,270
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Argentina
100%
31:14,257,74823,489
Sweden
100%
21:4,928,95452,965
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Guatemala
100%
21:8,054,21410,362
Cameroon-21:10,805,25286,897
Belize
100%
21:177,1545,935
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606

The alternate forms: Rüdyard (1) are calculated separately.

Rudyard (62) may also be a surname.

Rudyard Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Famous rod or wand. Name now immortalized by Britain’s brilliant poet-novelist.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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