Ruud
Ruud is a Dutch male given name as a Dutch short form of Roelof or Rudolf, as well as a variant of Rud, a Norwegian family name derived from the Old Norse ruð .
Name bearer
First name
- Ruud Boffin (* 1987), Belgian football goalkeeper
- Ruud Brink (1937–1990), Dutch jazz musician
- Ruud Degenaar (1963–1989), Dutch-Surinamese football player
- Ruud Geels (* 1948), Dutch football player
- Ruud Gullit (* 1962), Dutch football player and coach
- Ruud van Hemert (1938–2012), Dutch film director, screenwriter and actor
- Ruud Hesp (* 1965), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Ruud Jacobs (1938–2019), Dutch double bass player and music producer
- Ruud Kaiser (* 1960), Dutch football player and coach
- Ruud Koopmans (* 1961), Dutch social scientist
- Ruud Krol (* 1949), Dutch football player and coach
- Ruud Kuijer (* 1959), Dutch sculptor
- Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018), Dutch politician and economist
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (* 1976), Dutch football player
- Ruud Pronk (* 1931), Dutch jazz drummer
- Ruud Vormer (* 1988), Dutch football player
family name
- Asbjørn Ruud (1919–1989), Norwegian ski jumper
- Birger Ruud (1911–1998), Norwegian ski jumper and ski racer
- Birk Ruud (* 2000), Norwegian freestyle skier
- Christian Ruud (* 1972), Norwegian tennis player
- Casper Ruud (* 1998), Norwegian tennis player
- Joseph Ruud (* 1981), American wrestler, see Erick Rowan
- Roger Ruud (* 1958), Norwegian ski jumper
- Sif Ruud (1916–2011), Swedish actress in film, television and theater
- Sigmund Ruud (1907–1994), Norwegian ski jumper
Abbreviation RU-UD
- ISO 3166-2 code of the Russian republic of Udmurtia