Rufin
A Latin name meaning "red-haired", tied to the old Roman Rufus. Fewer than 320 men in Poland carry it now and almost no boys are given it, so meeting one would stay with you.
Rufin Pronunciation
Rufin is pronounced ROO-feen (/ˈrufin/).
What Rufin means
Where Rufin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rufin comes from Latin, from the Roman cognomen Rufinus. Whoever built that name took the older byname Rufus and added the suffix -inus, which marked belonging. Rufus meant red-haired. It was common in the Cornelia family, so a Rufinus was, in the plainest sense, one of Rufus's people, red of hair by inheritance or by label.
The feminine, cross-gender form is Rufina, and the name traveled well: Rufino in Italy, Rufin in France. Each keeps the same red at the root.
In Poland the name holds a place on the calendar. A boy called Rufin has several name-days to pick from, among them the seventh of April and the nineteenth of July, when the imieniny falls due. The meaning stays legible under all of it: rudowłosy, red-haired, belonging to Rufus.
When Rufin celebrates name day
Rufin appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 14 June.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Rufin
1 in 67338 men in Poland is named Rufin. 317 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1694 among male names.
Rufin's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Rufin as a middle name
Rufin is a first name for 317 men in Poland and a middle name for another 320, a 50/50 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 391st, between Ewaryst (321) and Erik (317).
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#391 Rufin320
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