Rutger
Rutger is a male name . It is considered the Dutch form of the old Germanic Rüdiger , as are the names Ruetger and Rudgar .
Origin and meaning of the name
Rutger is an old German given name, which is composed of the Germanic hroth / hruod "Ruhm, Ehre" and Old High German ger " Ger , Speer". Germanic personal names are composed of two elements and often contain elements of ancestors.
The name was best known through the hero of the Nibelungenlied , Margrave Rudeger von Bechelaren.
Name bearer
Single name:
- Rutger († around 1333), Cologne cathedral master builder
- Rutger I , is considered the first Count of Kleve
- Rutger II. , Is considered the second Count of Kleve
- Rutger von Bruggenei (13 ** - 1404), Bishop of Courland
- Rutger van Kampen († after 1391), late Gothic builder
- Rutger Raitz von Frentz († 1369), knight and famous war hero
First name:
- Rutger von Ascheberg (1621–1693), German field marshal in the service of Sweden
- Rutger Backe (* 1951), Swedish football player
- Rutger Beke (* 1977), Belgian athlete
- Rutger Booß (* 1944), German author, publisher and founder of Grafit Verlag
- Rutger Bregman (* 1988), Dutch historian and author
- Rutger Edinger (around 1545 - before 1614), Catholic priest and theological writer
- Rutger Fuchs (1682–1753), Swedish major general, knight of the Order of the Seraphines, commander of the Order of the Swords and governor
- Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician, arranger and record producer
- Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor
- Rutger Hendrik van den Hoofdakker (* 1934), Dutch writer under the pseudonym Rutger Kopland
- Rutger von Langerfeld (1635–1695), Flemish mathematician, painter and architect
- Rutger B. Miller (1805–1877), American lawyer and politician
- Rutger van Otterloo (* 1959), Dutch saxophonist
- Rutger van Santen (* 1945), Dutch chemist
- Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825), Dutch diplomat and politician
- Rutger Sernander (1866–1944), Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeobotanist
- Rutger Smith (* 1981), Dutch athlete
- Rutger Zoodsma (* 1995), Dutch volleyball player