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RUFF
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.German : from Ruffo, a short form of a personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’, ‘victory’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Ruf and Ruff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Ruffin.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from a derivative of Old French hurer ‘to bristle or ruffle’, ‘to stand on end’ (see Huron).Irish : this may be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghaill ‘descendant of Earghall’, a variant of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).
Surname or Lastname
English (now chiefly East Anglia)
English (now chiefly East Anglia) : probably a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of rough ground, from a hypothetical Old English word rÅ«(we)t or rÅ«het, derivatives of rÅ«h ‘rough’, ‘overgrown’. Compare Rauch. There are places called Ruffet(t) in Surrey and Sussex which are thought to have this origin.German : Swabian variant of Roth 1.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Rauth.Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Rajput, Jat, Maratha) and Sikh name meaning ‘prince’, from Sanskrit rÄjaputra (from rÄja ‘king’ + putra ‘son’). In India this is a variant of a name more commonly spelled Ravat or Raut. The Jats have a clan called Ravat.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from a personal name, Latin Rufinus, a derivative of Rufus (see Ruffo 1). This was popularized by various minor early saints, including a 3rd-century martyr of Soissons and a 4th-century Church Father.
Boy/Male
French
Red haired.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Latin nickname meaning ‘red-haired’ (see Ruffo). This is found in medieval English documents as a translation of various surnames with the same sense. (As a personal name it was not adopted until the 19th century.)
Boy/Male
English
From the red ford.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rolfe.German : variant spelling of Ruf.
Boy/Male
French
Red haired.
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German
German : variant of Rufer.German : variant of Roffers.English : variant of Rover 1.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person, from Middle High German rūch, rūhe, rouch ‘hairy’, ‘shaggy’, ‘rough’.English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Ralph.Italian (Sicily) : from a local variant of the personal name Rao, an old form of Ra(o)ul, composed of the Germanic elements rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare Ralph.Indian : variant of Rao.
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Danish, Indian, Malayalam, Muslim
Golden One
Girl/Female
Hindu
Male
English
Famous and Brilliant
Boy/Male
French, German
Ill-fated Luck; Unhappy; Unlucky
Girl/Female
Muslim
Luminous, Shining
Boy/Male
Tamil
God, Parmeshwar, Dev, Ishwar
Female
Arthurian
, one who is trafficked (?).
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Friendship; Kindness; Obligation
Surname or Lastname
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, or nickname for someone supposedly resembling an otter, from Middle English, Middle High German oter, Middle Dutch otter, German Otter ‘otter’. The Jewish surname can be ornamental.English : from the late Old English personal name Ohthere, a borrowing of Old Norse Óttar, composed of the elements ótti ‘fear’, ‘dread’ + herr ‘army’. In Scotland the Old Norse name is the source.French : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements aud, od ‘wealth’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
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v. t.
To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
v. t.
To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
v. t. & i.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
v. t. & i.
That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
n.
That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
a.
Ruffianly.
v. t. & i.
A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
a.
Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.
v. t.
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ruffle
imp. & p. p.
of Ruffle
v. i.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
n.
One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
n.
Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians.
a.
Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
n.
The act of ruffling.
a.
brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
a.
Having no ruffle.
a.
Ruffianly.
v. t.
To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.