title: Rudloff
text: # Rudloff
  
  Rudloff is a German surname.
  
  ## Origin and meaning
  
  "Rudloff" derives the name Rudolf by metathesis. It combines the Old High German words "hruod" (meaning "fame" or "glory") and "wolf" (meaning "wolf").
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer (b. 1957), German judge and president of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  * Gregg Rudloff (1955–2019), American sound engineer
  * Jan-Peter Rudloff, German arachnologist
  * Marcel Rudloff (1923–1996), Alsatian lawyer and politician, member of French Senate and mayor of Strasbourg
  * Tex Rudloff (1926–2015), American sound engineer
  * Erik Bongcam-Rudloff (b. 1957), Scientist
  * Roger Rudloff (b. 1973), Dallas Texas Sergeant of Police
  