Meaning & origin
What it means
Ruža is a romanization of Ружа. Ружа goes back to a word meaning “rose.”
Explained through its name family
Ruža’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Ruža is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ружа. In Belarusian usage, Ruža is a transliteration of Ружа.
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Around the world
Ruža has relatives in 3 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ruža
- Ruža TomašićCroatian politicianborn 1958
- Ruža Pospiš-BaldaniCroatian opera singer (born 1942)
- Ruža PetrovićCroatian anti-fascist1911–1958
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