Surname from transferred use of given name, of Spanish, Galician, or Portuguese origin, from Medieval Latin Rudesindus, from the Germanic (Gothic) name Rudesind, composed of the elements *๐ท๐๐๐ธ๐ and *๐๐น๐ฝ๐ธ๐, from Proto-Germanic *hrลรพiz + *sinรพaz.
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