rudgeEtymologyFrom dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).rudge means A surname transferred from the given name. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.nameA surname transferred from the given name.A hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197).A hamlet in Beckington parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8251).A locality in Froxfield parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2769).nounA partridge.