Ruff (family name)
Ruff is a family name that originated in Baden-Württemberg .
Origin of name
Ruff is a contraction from Rudolf and thus goes back to the male personal name. In addition to Ruff, spelling and phonetic variants of the same name that occur are Ruef , Rueff , Ruf , Ruof and Ruoff .
Other derivations, for example from the German verb haben, from an alleged (but actually non-existent) Old Norse adjective rhodu or from the Latin first name Rufus , are not linguistically tenable.
distribution
The current bearers of the name all originally come from the Alemannic region between the Neckar and Danube . There are currently around 6,000 name bearers in Germany, most of whom live in Baden-Württemberg. In addition, more than 20,000 name bearers live in the USA .
Individuals with the surname Ruff
- August von Ruff (1813–1895), Austrian field marshal lieutenant
- Charles Ruff (1939-2000), American lawyer
- Christiane Ruff (* 1960), German television producer
- Franz Ruff (1906–1979), German architect
- Friedrich von Ruff (1783–1848), Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- Harry Ruff (* 1931), Ukrainian painter
- Helgret Ruff (1943–2017), German sports journalist
- Hugo Ruff (1843–1924), German homeland researcher
- Ian Ruff (born 1946), Australian sailor
- Ingo Ruff (* 20th century), German moderator and The Voice of the Railway
- Johannes Ruff (1813–1883), Swiss painter and engraver
- Karl Martin Ruff (1937–2020), German homeland researcher
- Konrad Ruff (1895–1945), German painter
- Lennart Ruff (* 1986), German film and advertising director
- Lindy Ruff (* 1960), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Ludwig Ruff (1878–1934), German architect
- Mark Edward Ruff (* 1969), American historian and university professor
- Matt Ruff (born 1965), American writer
- Monika Ruff-Handelkes (* 1960), German politician
- Otto Ruff (1871–1939), German chemist
- Philipp Ruff (1907–1980), Austrian music critic, musicologist and journalist
- Siegfried Ruff (1907–1989), German physician, defendant in the Nuremberg medical trial
- Siegfried Ruff (Lieutenant General) (1895–1946), German officer
- Thomas Ruff (* 1958), German photo artist
- Willie Ruff (* 1931), American jazz musician and university professor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning. Edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 563. See also Baden Dictionary , Volume IV, page 359, article Rudolf, meaning 1b; Swabian Dictionary , Volume V, Column 464, Article Rudolf, Note; Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume VI, Column 628 ff., Article Ruedolf ( digitized version ), introductory table of forms and note.
- ↑ So on the website The Origin of the Name Ruoff.