Rutter

• As an English surname, from rote (musical instrument), as well as from Old French routier (“robber”)
• As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch ruter (“freebooter”), itself cognate with the Old French term. Also see Reuter.

Rutter

1. A surname.
2. A community in French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rutter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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