Rutten Family History

Dutch: patronymic from a short form of the Germanic personal name Rutger (see Roger) or some other personal name formed with hrod ‘renown’. DEB Dutch (van Rutten): habitational name for someone from Rutten in the Belgian province of Limburg. DEB German (also Rütten): Westphalian and Rhenish topographic name from a field named aus den Ruthen; the element Ruthen is contained in numerous place names, for example Rüthen and Rütenbrock. It is most probably a variant of Reute ‘clearing’ (see Reuter). ExG***

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