Explore / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Given name · also Proto-Oceanic
Ratu Ratu is a unisex given name from Proto-Oceanic, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. It is used in Indonesian and Fijian.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Leans boys
72.2% boysBased on U.S. population records 27.8% girls
People named Ratu in the U.S. Rare About 30 to 300 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin Where it comes from Ratu comes from Proto-Oceanic, and ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
How it developed From Proto-Oceanic *ratu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *datu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.