Meaning of name Rui

The name Rui has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Rui is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Rui for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Roderick, of which the name Rui is a variant.

The name Rui is very likely a(n) Portuguese variant of the name Roderick. See other suggested Portuguese boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Roderick.

The following names are baby names related to Rui and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Rui: Boys - Anton, Dutch, Leonard, Leopold, Maynard, Sigmund, Theodoric, Tillman, Volney, Wendell, Wilbert, Girls - Bernardine, Eloise, Griselda, Lesia, Both genders - Emerson, Raymond, Walter

The name Rui is a variant of Roderick. Other popular variants of the name Roderick are: Rhoderick, Rod, Rodd, Rodderick, Roddie, Roddrick, Roddy, Roderic, Roderick, Roderik, Roderrick, Roderyck, Rodgrick, Rodric, Rodrich, Rodrick, Rodrigo (Italian), Rodrigue (French), Rodrik, Rodryck, Rodryk, Rody, Rui (Portuguese), Rurik (Russian), Ruy (Spanish)

We think the name Rui should fall under the following style category: German.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rui to be: Intelligent, handsome and wealthy chap

In one word, you might describe Rui as a(n) "intelligent" person.

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