Ruffin

Where Ruffin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ruffin.

Ruffin through the years
  1. 1871
    Ruffin Pleasant born
    American football player and lawyer
  2. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #845
    #845 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ruffin Pleasant · American football player and lawyer, 1871–1937

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