Dudley

English

"Dudda's meadow"

Dudley Origin and Meaning

The name Dudley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "Dudda's meadow".

It's easy to love a name that rhymes with "cuddly" and is also attached to the surname Do-Right -- once you ignore the "dud" connection.

Dudley has aristocratic roots--the name was originally famous via a sixteenth century noble British family, one member of which, Robert Dudley, came close to marrying Queen Elizabeth I.

Dudley was the name of the angel played by Cary Grant in "The Bishop's Wife," later remade with Denzel Washington in the role, while Dudley Dursley is a Harry Potter character. The name's most well known bearer in modern times was comic actor Dudley Moore.

Dudley Rank in US Top 1000

# 925 in the US

Dudley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 2475 on Nameberry

Dudley Popularity

• 1248 Nameberry 2023

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Famous People Named Dudley

• Dudley Randall African,American poet and civil rights activist
• Dudley Sargent DeGroot American NFL football coach
• Dudley Robert Herschbach American chemist and Nobel prize winner
• Dudley Stuart John Moore English actor
• Dudley Sutton English actor best known for TV's "Lovejoy"
• Dudley Senanayake 2nd prime minister of Ceylon
• Sir Alfred "Dudley" Pound English admiral of the fleet who fought in WWI
• The Dudley Boyz American pro wrestling tag team
• Dudley O’Shaughnessy English boxer and model
• Dudley Foster English TV actor
• Dudley “Declaime” Perkins American rapper
• Sir Dudley Ryder English lawyer, politician, and member of the House of Commons
• Dudley Carleton 1st Viscount Dorchester, Elizabethan secretary of state
• Dudley Simpson Australian composer
• Dudley Wrangel Clarke British WWII general
• (Howard) Dudley Hart American golfer
• Dudley Nichols American screenwriter
• Anne Dudley Bradstreet 17th century Puritan poet

Dudley in Pop Culture

• Dudley Dursley character in the Harry Potter series
• Dudley Ramsey character from TV's "Diff'rent Strokes"
• Dudley Do Right, character in animated series "Rocky & Bullwinkle"
• Dudley Heinsburgen character from the movie “The Royal Tenenbaums”
• Dudley Borough West Midlands, England.
• Dudley Angel in “The Bishop’s Wife”
• Dudley character in video game "Street Fighter"
• Dudley Puppy lead character in TV’s “T.U.F.F Puppy”
• “Then Comes Dudley” a song by The Jesus Lizard (1991)