Ruby (given name)
 The name Ruby is taken from the name of the gemstone ruby. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈruːbi/ ROO-bee |
|---|---|
| Gender | female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | "ruby" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Reuben, Rubi |
Ruby is a predominantly feminine given name taken from the name of the gemstone ruby. The name of the gemstone comes from the Latin ruber, meaning red. The ruby is the birthstone for the month of July.[1]
The name first came into wide use for girls in the late Victorian era along with other jewel names.
Popularity[]
Ruby is a currently well-used name for girls in English-speaking countries. The name was also once rarely given to boys in the United States and was ranked in the top 1,000 names given to boys born in that country between 1900 and 1940. In its masculine form, it is occasionally used as a nickname for the name Reuben.[2]
Authors Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz noted in their 2007 book Baby Name Bible that Ruby is a "vibrant" name with a "sassy and sultry" image,[3] while Laura Wattenberg wrote in her 2005 book The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name For Your Baby that Ruby has the image of a woman "kicking up her heels" at a music hall.[4]
Notable people[]
Notable people with the name include:
- Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (born 1998), English actress
- Ruby Barker (born 1996), British actress
- Ruby Bradley (1907–2002), Army nurse
- Ruby Bridges (born 1954), American activist, first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana in the 20th century
- Ruby da Cherry (born 1990), American hip-hop rapper
- Ruby Dandridge (1900-1987), actress
- Ruby Dee (1924–2014), actress
- Ruby Dhalla (born 1974), Canadian politician
- Ruby Nash Garnett (born 1939), lead singer of American group Ruby & the Romantics
- Ruby Gilbert (1929-2010), American politician
- Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"; 1907–84), American welterweight boxer and referee
- Ruby Berkley Goodwin (1903-1961), American writer and actress
- Ruby Keeler (1910–1993), actress, singer and dancer
- Ruby Laffoon (1869–1941), 43rd Governor of Kentucky
- Ruby Lin (born 1976), Taiwanese actress
- Ruby McKim (1891–1976), English quilt designer, entrepreneur, and writer
- Ruby Modine (b. 1990), American actress and singer
- Ruby Murray (1935–1996), Northern Irish singer
- Ruby Myers (1907–1983), also known as Sulochana, Indian silent film actress
- Ruby Payne-Scott (1912–1981), pioneering Australian astronomer
- Ruby Rose (born 1986), Australian MTV VJ
- Ruby Riott (born 1991), ring name of American professional wrestler Dori Prange
- Ruby Rubacuori (born 1993), Karima el Mahroug, allegedly had sex with the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi when underage
- Ruby (born 1981), real name Rania Hussein Muhammad Tawfiq, Egyptian singer, actress and model
- Ruby Schleicher (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
- Ruby Svarc (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
- Ruby Walsh (born 1979), Irish jockey
- Ruby Wax (born 1953), comedian
- Ruby Winters (1942–2016), American soul singer
- Ruby Yang, Chinese-American filmmaker
Fictional characters[]
- Ruby Baptiste, a character in the HBO television series Lovecraft Country
- Ruby Dobbs, a character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Ruby Gloom, the eponymous protagonist of the Canadian animated television series Ruby Gloom
- Ruby Kurosawa, a character from the media-mix project Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Ruby Marshall, a character in the animated preschool television series Dot.
- Ruby Moon, a character in Cardcaptor Sakura manga and anime
- Ruby Ramirez, a character in the animated preschool television series Rusty Rivets
- Ruby Rose, the main protagonist of the anime webseries RWBY
- Ruby Roundhouse, a main character in the films Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level
- Ruby Spark, a character from the British drama Casualty
- Ruby, an anthropomorphic rabbit and the main character in the Nick Jr. animated preschool series Max & Ruby
- Ruby, a character in the Cartoon Network animated television series Steven Universe
- Ruby, a character in the 2000s animated television series Trollz
- Ruby, a character in the British animated preschool television series Small Potatoes
- Ruby, a (male) character in the Pokémon Adventures manga series
- Ruby, a demon character in the CW television series Supernatural
- Ruby the Red Fairy, the first fairy in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
References[]
- ^ Behind the Name
- ^ Behind the Name
- ^ Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). The Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2, p. 244
- ^ Wattenberg, Laura (2005). The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name For Your Baby. Broadway. ISBN 0-7679-1752-9
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