Rui

Where Rui comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rui.

  • Japanese
  • Portuguese
  • Vowel-ended
Rui through the years
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #3,966 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #2,050
    21 babies named Rui, its best rank.
  3. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,153.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Japanese.
  • A male given name from Portuguese.
Namesakes

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