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View Name: Ruy


RUY
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Portuguese, Spanish
Meaning & History
Medieval Portuguese and Spanish short form of RODRIGO. It is another name of the 11th-century Spanish military commander Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as El Cid.
Related Names
VARIANT: Rui (Portuguese)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Rod, Roddy (English), Roi (Galician)



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