Rubie
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning red precious stone; variant of Ruby or Ruben.
Rubie by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Rubie. In the US, 37 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 156 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Ruben
Like Rubie, each of these traces back to Ruben: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Ruby
Like Rubie, 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 Rubie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rubie
Names that are said the same way as Rubie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean red
Like Rubie, 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 Rubie, 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 Rubie
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