Roux
A unisex name of French origin, meaning red or reddish-brown.
Babies a year
32
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#953
32 babies
Roux by the numbers
In 2025, 32 babies in England and Wales were named Roux. In the US, 28 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Sounds like Roux
Names that are said the same way as Roux, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Roxrock; diminutive of Roxana7 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean red
Like Roux, each of these has red in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reidred; ruddy-complexioned1,286 in the US (2017)
- Reedred-haired or one who lives by reeds872 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Roux
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