This is the site
for all people carrying the proud name "RUURD".
Any positive suggestions
/ contributions for this site will be appreciated.
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My name is Ruurd Visser and in
my family there is an abundance of male relatives who carry this name
or have it as a second name.
This, my pride of the name "RUURD" and possibly my ego inspired
me to start this website.
It may already be something special to the Ruurds who visit it......
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= THE NAME 'RUURD' =
As I could find out, the name RUURD seems to originate
from FRIESLAND (FRYSLÂN), a province of the Netherlands.
My ancestors lived on the Wadden island Schiermonnikoog in the dutch part of the Waddenzee
along the northern coastline of the province of Friesland (Fryslân)
in the Netherlands.
In other parts of the Netherlands the name Ruud is more common and therefor
the name RuuRd stands out more. Unfortunately many people do pronounce
this name as Ruud, which I personally do not like, but have come to terms
with.
When driving (off highway) through the province of Friesland, you will
encounter this name quite a few times on name signs.
- ORIGIN -
The origin of the name RUURD probably lies in the name 'RUWARD' and according
to a name book I read when we (my wife and I) were looking for our sons
names, according to which it means 'good housefather'
I recently received a reaction from a visitor and when checking her ancestry (because she referred to it) I found a reference to a Ruurd Herres Ruward. So a double Ruurd in given and family, modern and old style.
As another Ruurd pointed out to me, the name is also encountered in the book of given names (Translated):
Ruurd see Rieuwert
Riewert gender: m
Explanation two syllable Germanic name from Redward. The first member is 'councel (raad)' (see '-raad\') and followed by for the second member Gothical wards ''guard, keeper' (see -ward-) *source: voornamenwoordenboek (given names book)
In search of my ancestry I encountered the name spelled as "RUHRD".Since
this was in the pre-napoleontic era, the current spelling probably has
originated from that and was changed when civil registration was introduced
during the french occupation of the Netherlands. In dutch both "RUURD"
and "RUHRD" were and still are pronounced the same way and "RUWARD",
when pronounced quickly, also has a very similar sound.
In the written format, many variations to the name can be encountered, please see the NAMES Page
DUE TO SITE VISITOR REACTIONS:
May 2008
Ruurd from South-Africa asked me where he could join the forum.Well that's not possible anymore, because I removed due to lack of interest, togethre with the link that was included in the announcement of the forum in below website log.
If there is anyone genuinely interested in a Ruurd.org forum, then please click the next link: Interested in a forum
January 2008
As indicated above, another Ruurd informed me the 'official' explanation of the name Ruurd
December 2007
A Ruurd asked me whether there is a female version of the name Ruurd. The answer is simple.
Yes, the name is used for females by adding 'je' so 'Ruurdje'
October 2007
A visitor referred to her paternal grandfather nemed Ruurd Visser. Because this drew my attention (webmaster carries the same name), I wanted to research if there was any connection between my ancestry and hers.
In her ancestry I encountered a Ruurd Herres Ruward, a double Ruurd!
Given name in 'modern' style the family name in ancient style. This may have been caused in the napoleontic era, when a certain Ruward was registered by his given name into the population registry by Ruward as his family name.........
Funny coincedence though...The Ruurd Visser in below september entry and Ruurd Herres Ruward of this entry both came from Wymbritsaradeel....
September 2007
Ruurd de Goede was named after his marental great-grandfather Ruurd Visser
and suggested he and I (the webmaster) could be named after the same Ruurd Visser. Of cause I checked, but the Ruurd, born in Wymbritseradeel (Friesland, The Netherlands) in 1846, did not have any direct connections to my Schiermonnikoog ancestry.
WEBSITE LOG
(History)
July 29th 2008
Moved Ruurd Sites from main page to a seperate page and added a link for this page to the menu as well.
The Ruurd Elzer page seperated into a Dutch and an English version.
Search engines used (follow the link)
OBJECTIONS
If any of the persons referenced to on this
site, have any objections with the reference, please use the contact form to inform the webmaster!
This site has no commercial aspirations and the references to "Ruurds
in business" are merely there because I encountered them. The