Rubi
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning red precious stone; a form of Ruby.
Rubi by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Rubi. In the US, 165 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 716 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Ruby
Like Rubi, each of these traces back to Ruby: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rubi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rudifamous wolf; diminutive of Rudolf110 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ruhispiritual or soulful24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rumiroman or a form of Rumah37 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rubiered precious stone; variant of Ruby or Ruben16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rutimy friend; form of Ruth4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Rubi
Names that are said the same way as Rubi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rubyered gemstone; a form of Ruby
Other names that mean red
Like Rubi, 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)
- Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
- Scarletscarlet cloth; bright red color783 in the US (2017)
- Scarlettebright red cloth; variant of Scarlett336 in the US (2017)
- Rorired king; a form of Rory121 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Rubi, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rubi
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