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Comments for the name Rufus

Comments for RUFUS:

A famous bearer is Rufus Scrimgeour, the Minister of Magic in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
-- HebrideanBlack  8/15/2005
My name is Rufus, and I think it's ruftastic! I have never met a rufus apart from me and that's brilliant! Peace.
-- foilism  8/30/2005
A famous bearer of this name is Rufus Wainwright, the Canadian/American musician.
-- DearPrudence  10/31/2005
Another notable bearer of this name is Marcus Brutus, friend and murderer (among others) of Julius Caesar.
-- 2.5GHz-FCS-UT  12/6/2005
Actor Rufus Sewell (Zorro 2 - he's better than the film was).
-- hana  1/27/2006
Rufus Shinra is a character in the Final Fantasy VII series.
-- Lyzz  6/16/2006
There was a Revolutionary War general named Rufus Putnam.
-- DLB  8/30/2006
This is the name of the Naked Mole Rat on Kim Possible.
-- blackgoodbye  10/8/2006
I love the name Rufus! It is one of my favourite names. I think Rufus Aaron is a great combination. However, when I mentioned to my friends that I liked this name, they laughed and said it reminded them of a dog! I thought that was mean because this name is fantastic!
-- FirChlis  1/26/2007
This name is just so bad. It has always been one of the worst names ever to me. I'd HATE it if my name was Rufus.
-- Anonymous User  3/3/2007
Rufus Firefly was the first name of the infamous character played by Groucho Marx in "Duck Soup."
-- Loni_maryrose  6/3/2007
Rufus is a naked mole-rat in the kid's TV show Kim Possible.
-- RazzleDazzle  3/8/2008
I'm passionately and immutably enamored of Rufus. ♥
-- Wordsmith  4/12/2008
This has to be one of the worst names ever. Sounds ridiculous. The reason that it's popular as a dog's name must be because it sounds like a dog's bark. ROOF-us.
-- queenv  4/16/2008
Rhymes with 'doofus', and I bet other kids would realize that very quickly. This is just a hideous name. I wouldn't recommend it to be used on a dog, let alone a person.
-- slight night shiver  5/5/2008
Doofus is such an outdated 80s insult. No one uses it anymore. That said, I have always loved this name because it sounds very strong.
-- slyboots  11/15/2009
I really wish people wouldn't have started using this on dogs! This is a Saints name people! It is a classic, yet seems very modern to me. I can picture a modern day British actor. Actually I think there is a British actor with this name, but I can't remember his last name. I wouldn't use it because of the dog association, and I'm just not that bold, and my husband is even less bold than I am. But for the gutsy person, this name rocks!
-- afmastro  7/31/2009
I think this is a really nice name, and I think it's definitely usable. For me, it has no dog connotations whatsoever, and I can see this name on a young child, an adult and an old man - I can just see it being used on any age, although I wouldn't use it as a first name as it's a bit too rare for my tastes, but I would consider using it as a middle name. :)
-- walesgal92  4/10/2010
Rufus Butterworth, the taxidriver and co-owner of Bert's diner from The Good Guys, played by Bob Denver.
-- Aloicious  1/13/2012

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