63%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Portuguese, Spanish Pronounced Pron. ROOY(Spanish) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links 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 NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantRui(Portuguese) Other Languages & CulturesRoderic(Catalan) Roderick(English) Rodrigue(French) Rodrigo, Roi(Galician) Hroderich(Germanic) Hroþireiks, Rudericus(Gothic) Rodrigo(Italian) Hrōþirīks(Old Germanic) Hrǿríkr, Hrœrekr(Old Norse) Rurik(Russian) Surname DescendantRuiz(Spanish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #684 in 1960 Brazil (by decade) People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful wholesome strong strange Categories isograms, Keeper of the Lost Cities characters, Victor Hugo characters
