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In the entire world, Ruud (Ruud , رود , ルート , and others...) is quite a common mostly boy's, but infrequently female forename. The forename Ruud is characteristic of Suriname, where it is quite a common boy's name, Netherlands, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Netherlands, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Ruud is the last name as well as the forename.
Ruud is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ruth , the protagonist of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible; Ruud Van Der Graaf , character in Na dobre i na złe; Rod Flanders , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Ruth Evershed , the fictional character from the TV series Spooks and Ruth Martin , the Fictional character, Lassie, and in many other works.