Rudy

See also: rudy and rudý

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːdi/
• Homophones: rudy, rudie
• Rhymes: -uːdi

Etymology 1

From Rudolph +‎ -y.

Proper noun

Rudy

1. A diminutive of the male given name Rudolph.
2. A surname.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole rudie.

Noun

Rudy (plural Rudys)

1. (UK slang, historical) A rude boy; a member of a Jamaican street gang in the 1960s and 70s.
   • 1967, Dandy Livingstone (lyrics and music), “A Message to You Rudy”:

     Stop your running around / Making problems in town / Rudy, a message to you, Rudy

   • 1970 March 29, Nik Cohn, “England's New Teen Style Is Violence”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     They dance the West Indian Reggae because it is the only old‐fashioned dance beat around and the total opposite of Pepsi‐Rock, the Plastic Ono Band and Jethro Tull and Blood, Sweat & Tears, all of which they naturally despise; and they also have a wary respect for West Indians in general and the Rudys in particular, the Jamaican street gangs who are older and tougher then^[sic] themselves.

Polish

Etymology

From rudy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.dɘ/
• Rhymes: -udɘ
• Syllabification: Ru‧dy
• Homophone: rudy

Proper noun

Rudy m pers (female equivalent Ruda)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Rudy

	singular	plural
nominative	Rudy	Rudzi
genitive	Rudego	Rudych
dative	Rudemu	Rudym
accusative	Rudego	Rudych
instrumental	Rudym	Rudymi
locative	Rudym	Rudych
vocative	Rudy	Rudzi

Further reading

• “Rudy”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022