Rudnik Family History
Rudnik Name Meaning
Polish and Sorbian: occupational name for a worker in an iron-ore mine from Polish and Upper Sorbian rudnik an agent noun based on ruda ‘iron ore’. Slovenian: archaic cognate of 1 above derived from ruda ‘(iron) ore’ or an old habitational name for someone from any of the places called Ruda named with the same word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022