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rudesby (n.)
"insolent person," 1560s, mock surname from
rude
+
-by
, common place-name (and thus surname) ending element, as in
Grimsby
,
Rigby
. Similar formations in
idlesby
,
sneaksby
"paltry, sneaking fellow" (1570s),
suresby
.