Rüdiger (English Ruediger, Rudiger, Roger) is a German given name. The meaning comes from Old High German: hruod (fame) and ger (spear).[1][2] The name became popular because of the character Rüdiger von Bechelaren from Nibelung.
People named Rüdiger
- Antonio Rüdiger (b. 1993), German footballer
- Prince Rüdiger of Saxony (b. 1953), German prince
- Rüdiger Abramczik (b. 1956), German footballer
- Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva mother of John Shalikashvili
- Rüdiger Gamm (b. 1971), German "mental calculator"
- Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865-1945), German army general during the First World War, one of the principal commanders of Finnish Civil War, Latvian War of Independence and Estonian War of Independence
- Rüdiger Haas (b. 1969), German tennis player
- Rüdiger Heining (b. 1968), German agrarscientist and economist
- Rüdiger Nehberg (1935-2020), German human rights activist, author and survival expert
- Rüdiger Overmans, (born 1954), German historian specialized in World War II
- Rüdiger Safranski (b. 1945), German philosopher and author.
- Rüdiger Schleicher (1895-1945), German resistance fighter
- Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638–1701), Austrian politician, military general and chief of Vienna, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Vienna
- Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899-1956), Austrian nationalist and politician who helped introduce austrofascism and install a clerico-fascist dictatorship in Austria, chancellor of Federal State of Austria
- Rüdiger Vogler (b. 1942), German film actor
See also
- Rutger
References
- ^ "Rudiger meaning and name origin". Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Rüdiger Vorname Herkunft und Bedeutung des Althochdeutschen Jungennamen Namenstag Namensbedeutung". Retrieved 9 November 2011.