ruddock

Meanings

1. The European robin.
2. A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
3. A variety of red apple, used for cidermaking.

1. A surname.
2. A ghost town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, destroyed by a hurricane.

Etymology

From Middle English ruddocke, ruddok, roddok, from Old English rudduc, ruduc (“robin, ruddock”, literally “little red one, red-ling”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). The Welsh rhuddog, and Cornish rudhek (“the redbreast”) are probably from the English, although a derivation from a British Celtic *roudākos (< *roudos "red") for all three cannot be ruled out. More at rud.