Rusudan (first name)

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Rusudan (Georgian: რუსუდან) is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is mostly used in Georgian and is probably derived from the Persian روز (ruz), which means day .

One variant is Rusudani. Reduced forms are Rusiko and Ruska .

Well-known namesake

  • Rusudan (1194–1245), from 1223 to 1245 Queen of Georgia of the Bagratid family
  • Rusudan Goletiani (* 1980), Georgian-American chess player

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Rusudan. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .