Given name & surname

Ru

Ru is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Ru isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ru through the years

Babies since 1880
12
0 boys · 12 girls
Most popular year
2023
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Ru in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2022–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,026 as a first name in 2020; 475 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 10

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Ru

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Ru, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Rufta

0Not recently recordedRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Ruha

“trash, heap, thicket”

15Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Ruya

20RareRising fast

>99% girls

German · Modern

Rosse

“woman from the headland” · “from the headland”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Reyyan

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Raleigha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nilou

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Reynna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ru’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.