The rutland Surname
rutland Name Meaning and History
English: regional name from the former English county of this name,
so named from the Old English byname Rota (from
rot ‘cheerful’, ‘glad’) + land ‘land’,
‘territory’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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