Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. ROO-bee  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century [1].

Related Names

VariantRubye
Other Languages & CulturesRubena(Esperanto) Rubina(Italian) Rubina(Portuguese)
User SubmissionRúbý

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   youthful   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   simple  

Images

Uncut ruby stoneUncut ruby stone

Categories

American Horror Story characters, Animal Crossing characters, Anne of Green Gables characters, banjo players, birthstones, black history, blues musicians, Bond girls, Cardcaptor Sakura characters, child actors, Civilization VI characters, codes, colors, cornetists, country music singers, Crosby Stills Nash Young lyrics, demons, Dharma and Greg characters, Discworld characters, English adjectives, English nouns, Euphoria characters, Family Affair characters, film titles, Fortnite characters, gemstones, Grishaverse characters, isograms, Jackson Browne lyrics, jockeys, journalists, love island Australia, Love Live characters, Lovecraft Country characters, Lunar characters, Max and Ruby characters, Muppets, nature, never out of the US top 1000, Once Upon a Time characters, Oz characters, Peaky Blinders characters, playwrights, poets, Pokemon characters, Rave Master characters, red, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken characters, RWBY characters, screenwriters, Sex Education characters, Sly Cooper characters, Sofia the First characters, song titles, Steven Universe characters, Suikoden characters, Supernatural characters, Tekken characters, The Great British Bake Off contestants, The Killers songs, The Rolling Stones songs, Tolkien characters, Tom Waits songs, top 10 in Australia, top 10 in New Zealand, top 10 in the UK, Tori Amos lyrics, Tori Amos songs, True Blood characters, Vocaloid characters, wealth, Why Women Kill characters, Will and Grace characters, William Faulkner characters, Wings of Fire characters, word names

Sources & References

  1. Uckelman, Sara L, ed. Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, entry Ruby, available from https://dmnes.org/name/Ruby.
Entry updated April 5, 2022