Rui name meaning

Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl

Origin: Old High German and Germanic

Usage: Portuguese

Pronunciation: rui

Meaning: Fame, Rich, Powerful and Power

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What does Rui mean?
Variations of Rui
How popular is Rui?
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Similar Names to Rui
Famous People Named Rui
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What does Rui mean?

Offbeat Old High German and Germanic Rui bestowed upon both genders, meaning of Rui is "Fame, Rich, Powerful or Power" is mostly used in Portuguese. Rui is variation of well-liked and all time favorite Roderick.

Roderick is English cognate of Roderich. Roderick means Glory, Rich and Powerful is originated from Old High German and Germanic.

How do I pronounce Rui?

The one syllabled name Rui is pronounced, rui.

Variants of Rui

Ruie, Roderick, Roderich, Rhoderic, Ricky, Rickyy, Richart, Richeard, Rieke, Aric, Derek, Theodoric, Ulrich, Rick

Names that rhyme with Rui

How popular is the name Rui?

Rui was a common name in France. Over 978 babies have been named Rui since 1971. At the peak of its usage in 1972,. After 11 years of usage, the name has fallen out of the charts.

Rui is a unique baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1967 and was able to reach the top 3000 names. In 1974, it ranked 2047th when 27 boys were named Rui.

Over 622 people have been named Rui in United States.

Rui is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales, although it has been in use since 1997 but could not make beyond the top 900.

Over 326 babies in England and Wales have been named Rui. However things change on global perspective, Rui is extremely popular in Portugal where every 1 in 60 have the name as well as in Mozambique.

Also the baby name is popular in Angola, Brazil, China, Guinea-Bissau, Japan and East Timor. As per our estimate, over 590000 babies have been bestowed Rui around the globe.

Year	Boys		Girls
Year	Rank	Births	Rank	Births
2018	5071	18
2017	6307	13
2016	5089	18	16113	5
2015	4875	19
2014	4861	19

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Rui in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	53	47	14	23
	151	8	56	0
	131	87	63	45
	12	81	9	15
	76	0	25	0

Here's what numbers has to say about Rui

Understand that you can't help a person who doesn't know they have a problem. It's okay to live a normal life but you weren't born for one. You are still fragile as a human being and care deeply about people. People enjoy your presence and go out with you just to hear you talk about inspirational stuff. Not having all the things you wanted in life has taught you how to appreciate what you have today.

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Famous people named Rui

Rui Silva, Portuguese track and field athlete and coach
Rui Faleiro, Portuguese cosmographer, astrologer
Rui Shi Zhuo, Chinese-born Canadian composer
Rui Yoshida, daughter born to a family of Japanese artists five generations ago
Rui Reininho, Portuguese singer
Rui Costa, retired Portuguese professional footballer
Rui Jorge, Portuguese retired footballer
Rui Águas, Mozambican-born Portuguese race car driver
Rui Naiwei, Chinese professional Go player
Rui da Silva, Portuguese producer and DJ
Rui de Pina, Portuguese chronicler
Rui Jordão, retired Portuguese footballer
Rui Veloso, Portuguese rock and blues singer and musician
Rui Águas, former Portuguese professional footballer

Rui Barros, Portuguese former professional footballer
Rui Nereu, Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper
Rui En, Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp
Rui Marques, first choice centre-back for the Angola national team
Rui Rio, Portuguese politician and former Mayor of Porto
Rui Duarte, retired Portuguese professional footballer
Rui Patrício, Portuguese professional footballer
Rui Kitada,
Rui Costa Pimenta, Brazilian politician aligned with the Trotskyist Workers' Cause Party
Rui Correia, Portuguese retired footballer
Rui Falcão, Brazilian politician and the former president of the Workers' Party
Rui Pereira,
Rui Lima, Portuguese professional footballer

Rui Dolores, Portuguese retired footballer
Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares, Cape Verdean politician
Rui Bandeira, artistic name of Rui Pedro Neto de Melo Bandeira, is a Portuguese singer.
Composer Rui Aires, movie Ciutat morta
In 2009, Rui Morisson portrayed the role of Carlos Albuquerque in drama movie Os Sorrisos do Destino.
Rui Resende characterized the crucial role of Vado in 2003 drama flick Narradores de Javé.
In 1992, Rui Sakuragi portrayed the role of N in flick Sakuragi Rui: Gushonure kahanshin.
In 1957 drama movie, Jia, Rui Jiang portrayed Master Gao.

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