Ruman
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Ruman by the numbers
Ruman was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Ruman
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ruman. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rymanrye field dweller; one who harvests rye17 in the US (2017)
- Rumaanpomegranate5 in the US (2017)
- Rumanapomegranate; a form of Rumaan5 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reganlittle king or descendant of regan244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ruman
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