Rutland

Meanings

proper noun

A small landlocked county in the East Midlands of England.
An English habitational surname from the county in England.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A village in Groveland Township, LaSalle County, Illinois; named for the city in Vermont.
2. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
3. A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
4. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
6. A town in Jefferson County, New York.
7. A minor city in Sargent County, North Dakota.
8. A village and township in Meigs County, Ohio.
9. An unincorporated community in Lake County, South Dakota.
10. A city, the county seat of Rutland County, Vermont; named for English nobleman John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.
11. A town in Rutland County, Vermont, that surrounds the city.
12. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
13. A number of other townships, listed under Rutland Township.
A neighborhood of Kelowna, Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia; named for early settler John "Hope" Matthew Rutland.
A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Unclear. Attested in Old English as Roteland and Ritelanede. Perhaps hrīþer (“cattle”) + land (“land”), or from the personal name Rota + land.

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APA

Rutland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rutland

MLA

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Chicago

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