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Ruy - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ruy

[ syll. ruy, ru-y ] The boy name Ruy is pronounced as RahY KEY. Ruy is used predominantly in Spanish and its origin is Germanic. Ruy is a variant of the name Roderick (English and German).

Ruy is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly related to Ruy, Roderick (English and German) was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Ruy include Rais (Arabic), Ray (English), Rey (Spanish and English), Roar (Scandinavian), Roi (French), Rowe (English), Roy (English, Dutch, French, German, and Scottish), Ry (English), Rye (Polish), Rio (Spanish), Rorie (Irish and Scottish), Rory (English, Irish, and Scottish), Ruairí (Irish and Scottish), Rui (Portuguese), Arrio, Aureo (Spanish), and Ruari (Irish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ruy: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)"


 
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