Rugged Baby Names
51 Rugged names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 51 baby names with a rugged feel. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation. Names are listed most-popular first.
Rugged Girl Names
Remington#513 in the U.S.Settlement of the Hrym family; or raven's homestead — from Old English place-name elements▶Bryar#3080 in the U.S.Thorny shrub or wild rose bush; from Old English brær or brier, referring to a prickly hedging ▶Canyon#12372 in the U.S.A nature/word name from canyon ('a deep gorge or ravine'), via the Spanish canon. As a given na▶
Rugged Boy Names
Colter#157 in the U.S.Colt herder; one who tends young horses▶Wade#344 in the U.S.From the Old English 'wadan', meaning to go or to advance (especially through water), or from a▶Kade#349 in the U.S.From the Old Welsh 'cad' (battle) or Old English elements, possibly meaning 'spirit of battle'.▶Briggs#356 in the U.S.From an Old Norse or Old English place name, a plural form of 'brig' or 'bridge', meaning 'dwel▶Boone#423 in the U.S.English surname from Old French bon meaning good or boon meaning a blessing or benefit; also as▶Ford#474 in the U.S.English topographic surname from Old English 'ford,' meaning a shallow river crossing; transfer▶Tanner#475 in the U.S.English occupational surname from Middle English 'tannere' meaning a person who tans animal hid▶Gunner#506 in the U.S.English occupational/word name from 'gunner' (one who operates a gun), but also an anglicized f▶Ridge#530 in the U.S.From Old English hrycg meaning 'spine' or 'ridge,' referring to a long raised strip of land; us▶Shane#636 in the U.S.Anglicized form of the Irish Seán, itself derived from the Old French Jehan and ultimately from▶Bridger#701 in the U.S.English occupational surname from Old English, denoting a person who lived near a bridge or was▶Bryer#704 in the U.S.Variant spelling of Briar, from Old English braer or brer, referring to a thorny or prickly pla▶Dustin#729 in the U.S.From the Old Norse name Thurston or the Old English surname Dustin, possibly from the Norse Tho▶Trace#758 in the U.S.A path, track, or trail; from Old French trace meaning track or path, ultimately from the Latin▶Riggs#776 in the U.S.Son of Ridge or one who lives by a ridge; an English surname from the Old English hrycg meaning▶Brock#810 in the U.S.Badger; from Old English brocc meaning badger, a strong Celtic-origin word for the animal, used▶Gatlin#888 in the U.S.Possibly from Old English gad (fellow, companion) or a variant of the German surname Gätlin; ex▶Colten#966 in the U.S.Variant spelling of Colton, from Old English col meaning coal or charcoal and tun meaning settl▶Ruston#3029 in the U.S.Settlement near the rust-colored stone or earth▶Stockton#3085 in the U.S.English place-name and surname from Old English stocc (tree stump, post) and tun (settlement, e▶Timber#3258 in the U.S.Wood prepared for building; from Old English timber, 'building material, structure' — a rugged ▶Andes#6999 in the U.S.A place-name used as a given name, after the Andes — the great mountain range running down west▶Calhan#7341 in the U.S.A modern name and surname echoing the Irish Callahan and Calhoun (from O Ceallachain / Colquhou▶Gunnison#8395 in the U.S.An American place name and surname. The Gunnison River, town, and county in Colorado are named ▶Whyatt#9691 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Wyatt, from an Old English/Norman root meaning 'brave in war; hardy warr▶Lochlyn#10471 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Lachlan/Lochlann, a Scottish Gaelic name meaning 'from the land of the l▶Locklyn#10472 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Lachlan/Lochlann, a Scottish Gaelic name meaning 'from the land of the l▶Riften#10654 in the U.S.A modern coinage, best known as a city in a popular video game; as a given name it reads rugged▶Bronc#11113 in the U.S.A short form of 'bronco' (from Spanish bronco, 'rough; wild'), the word for an untamed horse. U▶Cormick#11166 in the U.S.A form of the Irish Cormac (via McCormick), traditionally read as 'charioteer' (corb + mac). A ▶Kincade#11605 in the U.S.From the Scottish surname and place name Kincaid, generally traced to Gaelic 'ceann' ('head') w▶Quint#11953 in the U.S.A short form of Quinton/Quintus, from the Latin quintus, 'fifth' — once a fifth child. Also a m▶Radnor#11959 in the U.S.From the Welsh place-and-surname Radnor (Radnorshire), from Old English read ('red') + ora ('ba▶Wulf#12165 in the U.S.From the Old English/Germanic wulf, 'wolf' — an element in many old names (Wulfric, Wulfstan) a▶Weaver#12217 in the U.S.From the English occupational surname Weaver, 'one who weaves cloth', from Old English wefan ('▶Wyett#12224 in the U.S.A spelling of Wyatt, from a medieval English surname derived from the given name Wigheard, 'bra▶Bracken#12497 in the U.S.From the English word bracken, a hardy fern of moor and woodland (Old Norse root), also carried▶Buford#12525 in the U.S.From the English surname and place-name Buford, generally 'the ford (river-crossing) by the bur▶Hawken#12931 in the U.S.Hawken reads as a coined given name drawn from the English surname Hawken and from the bird 'ha▶Murdoch#13528 in the U.S.From the Scottish Gaelic Muireach/Murchadh, 'sea warrior; mariner' (muir, 'sea'). A rugged clan▶Scottland#13724 in the U.S.Scottland is a respelling of Scotland (with a doubled 't'), the country whose name means 'land ▶Rocklin#13752 in the U.S.An English surname and place name (a city in California), read as 'rock' plus a -lin/-ling endi▶Rusten#13775 in the U.S.A modern spelling in the Ruston/Rustin group. Those surnames are read as English place-and-fami▶Wryder#14086 in the U.S.A modern respelling of Ryder — an English occupational surname, 'mounted warrior; messenger; ri▶Weylen#14112 in the U.S.A modern respelling that sits between Waylon — itself a variant of Wayland, the legendary smith▶RemmickA modern surname-style coinage, echoing Remington and Rennick; no single documented root as a f▶RidocA rare name reading as a modern coinage, echoing Celtic-style names like Cadoc and Riordan; no ▶StettsonA respelling of Stetson, an English surname (likely 'Stephen's son') best known through the Ste▶
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Popular Rugged baby names include Colter, Wade, Kade, Briggs, Boone, Ford. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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