Given name & surname
Rufo
“a red-haired man”
Rufo is a variant of Ruff. One French interpretation is “a red-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rufo is a variant of Ruff. One French interpretation is “a red-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rufo is a variant of Ruff. An origin associated with Ruff is French.
Explained through its name family
Rufo’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Rufo has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Rufus. Rufo has a related form in Ruff.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Rufinaalso known as · Italian
- Rufinoalso known as · Italian
- Ruffaalso known as · Italian
- Ruffillaalso known as · Italian
- Rufillaalso known as · Italian
- Ruffinaalso known as · Italian
- Ruffoalso known as · Italian
- Ruffilloalso known as · Italian
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People named Rufo
- Rufo Emiliano VergaItalian footballerborn 1969
- Rufo SánchezSpanish footballerborn 1986
- Attack of Rufo ChacónVenezuelan victim of police brutalityborn 2003
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