The name "Hondsrug" would appear to be taken from the Dutch word for "dog" or "hound" (Hond) and the word for a "back" or "ridge" (Rug). However, it is more likely a bastardization of the older name Hunze-rug, coming from the name of the river Hunze, which flows through Drenthe and Groningen. Up until the 19th century the Hondsrug was also known as the Bisschopsrug, meaning "Bishop's Ridge."
More recently the term Hondsrug is used to denote a famous building and its street in Lunetten, an area in the South-East of Utrecht in The Netherlands.
