Rudiger
Rüdiger is a male first and family name .
Origin and meaning
Rüdiger is an old German given name, which is composed of Germanic hroth / hruod "Ruhm, Ehre" and Old High German ger " Ger , Speer" and means "glorious spear fighter" - see Hruodger .
distribution
The name was best known through the hero of the Nibelungenlied , Margrave Rudeger von Bechelaren , and was popular until the 15th century, but then went out of use , apart from some noble families such as the Starhembergs . Only with the revival of Germanic and old German personal names in the 19th century did Rüdiger experience a renaissance, especially in the 1st half of the 20th century. Also known is the short form Roger , which has established itself as a popular first name via the Normans in English, Catalan and French.
variants
- Dutch Rutger , Rogier
- English Roger
- french roger
- catalan roger
- Portuguese Rogelio , Rogério
- Spanish Rogelio , Rodrigo
name day
- March 1st ; Roger le Fort , (around 1285–1367), French archbishop and blessed of the Catholic Church
- March 16 ; Roger Wrenno (around 1568-1616), English martyr
Name bearer
First name, first name
- Rüdiger Abramczik (* 1956), German national soccer player
- Rüdiger von Bechelaren , follower of King Attila (Etzel) from the Nibelungen saga
- Rüdiger vom Bruch (1944–2017), German modern historian
- Rüdiger Butte (1949–2013), German politician
- Ruediger Dahlke (* 1951), Austrian doctor and esotericist
- Rüdiger Döhler (* 1948), doctor and student historian
- Rüdiger von Elner († 1396), Knight of the Teutonic Order
- Klaus Rüdiger von Gaffron-Oberstadam (1946–2017), German photo artist
- Rüdiger Gamm (* 1971), German arithmetic artist
- Joachim Rüdiger von der Goltz (1620–1688), German field marshal
- Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz (1865–1946), German general
- Rüdiger Grube (* 1951), German manager, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG
- Rüdiger Heining (* 1968), German training expert and Vice President of DEULA
- Rüdiger Hoffmann (* 1964), German entertainer
- Rüdiger Huzmann († 1090), Bishop of Speyer from 1074 to 1090
- Rüdiger Joswig (* 1949), German actor and voice actor
- Rüdiger Klessmann (1927–2020), German art historian
- Rüdiger Kauf (* 1975), German soccer player
- Klaus-Rüdiger Landowsky (* 1942), Berlin CDU politician Klaus Rüdiger Trützschler
- Rudiger von Langheim († 1274), Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
- Rüdiger Lorenz (1932–2008), German neurosurgeon
- Klaus-Rüdiger Mai (* 1963), German literary scholar and author
- Rüdiger Nehberg (1935–2020), German survival expert and human rights activist
- Rüdiger Nickel (* 1945), German lawyer, former Vice President of the DLV
- Rüdiger Proske (1916–2010), German journalist and author
- Rüdiger Ramme (* 1967), German agricultural engineer and TV gardener
- Rüdiger Safranski (* 1945), German philosophizing writer
- Rüdiger Sagel (* 1955), 1st Left MP in North Rhine-Westphalia and state spokesman
- Klaus Rüdiger Scherpe (* 1939), German specialist in German and lecturer
- Rüdiger Schleicher (1895–1945), resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Rüdiger Schmitt (* 1939), German Iranist and Indo-Europeanist.
- Rüdiger Schulz (* 1956), known as Purple Schulz , German singer
- Rüdiger Seger (* 1968), German chess player
- Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (politician, 1638) (1638–1701), Austrian field marshal, defender of Vienna against the Turks in 1683 and politician
- Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (politician, 1861) (1861–1927), Austrian landowner and politician
- Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (politician) (1899–1956), Austrian politician and home guard leader
- Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (* 1941), German CSU politician
- Klaus Rüdiger Trützschler (* 1948), German manager
- Rüdiger von Wechmar (1923–2007), German diplomat
- Rüdiger Wenzke (* 1955), German military historian
family name
- Albrecht Rüdiger (1929-2018), German physicist (gravitational wave researcher)
- Alexander Rüdiger (* 1969), Austrian television presenter and entertainer
- Alexei Michailowitsch Rüdiger , secular name of Alexius II (1929–2008), Patriarch of Moscow and Russia
- Johann Andreas Rüdiger (also Ridiger ; 1673–1731), German philosopher and physician
- Andreas Rüdiger (* 1951), German actor
- Antonio Rüdiger (* 1993), German soccer player
- Ariane Rüdiger (* 1958), German writer
- Bernd Rüdiger (* 1942), German historian
- Bernhard Rüdiger (* 1964), Italian artist
- Christian Friedrich Rüdiger (1760–1809), German astronomer and university professor
- Esrom Rüdiger (1523–1590), German philologist, theologian and historian, see Esrom Rüdinger
- Friedrich Alexander von Rüdiger (1783-1856), Russian general
- Günther Rüdiger (* 1944), German astrophysicist
- Hans Rüdiger (singer) (1862–1937), German opera singer (tenor) and music teacher
- Hans Rüdiger (pastor) (1878–1947), German clergyman and game designer
- Hans Rüdiger (District President) (1889 – after 1939), German administrative officer
- Hans Rüdiger (politician) (1910–1964), German politician (NDPD)
- Helmut Rüdiger (1903–1966), German publicist and anarcho-syndicalist
- Hermann Rüdiger (1889–1946), German geologist and polar explorer
- Horst Rüdiger (1908–1984), German classical philologist, Germanist, Romance scholar and university professor
- Jan Rüdiger (* 1966), German historian
- Jan Rüdiger (author) (* 1989), German author
- Johann Christoph Christian Rüdiger (1751–1822), German cameraman and linguist as well as university professor
- Jutta Rüdiger (1910-2001), German psychologist and politician (NSDAP)
- Karl Rüdiger (1896–1951), German politician (FDP)
- Karl August Rüdiger (1793–1869), German classical philologist and teacher
- Karl Heinrich Rüdiger (1877–1947), German lawyer and district administrator of Böblingen
- Marit Jessen Rüdiger (* 1982), North Schleswig pharmacist, chairwoman of the Schleswig Party
- Max Rüdiger (1875–1953), agricultural technologist and university lecturer in Munich, Hohenheim and Ankara
- Michael Rüdiger (* 1955), German actor
- Michael Rüdiger (Manager) (* 1964), German manager
- Minna Rüdiger (1841–1920), German writer
- Morten Rüdiger (* 1995), German soccer player
- Otto Rüdiger (historian) (1845–1904), German historian, teacher and writer
- Otto Rüdiger (politician) (1885–1976), German politician (SPD)
- Otto Rüdiger (physicist) (1913–1998), German physicist and university professor
- Reinhold Rüdiger (1926–1998), German actor, dramaturge, director and general manager
- Richard Rüdiger (* 1937), German actor
- Ulrich Rüdiger (archaeologist) (1934–1970), German classical archaeologist
- Ulrich Rüdiger (physicist) (* 1966), German physicist
- Vera Rüdiger (* 1936), German political scientist and politician (SPD)
- Werner Rüdiger (1901–1966), German politician (SPD)
- Wilhelm Rüdiger (* 1908; † early 1990s), German art historian
- Wolfgang Rüdiger (physiologist) (1929–1997), German physiologist
- Wolfgang Rüdiger (musician) (* 1957), German bassoonist, music teacher and musicologist