Rufus
About 27 men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Rufus. The name is Latin and means "red-haired", a nod to hair colour from the start.
Rufus Pronunciation
Rufus is pronounced ROO-foos (/ˈrufus/).
What Rufus means
Where Rufus comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rufus began as a Latin nickname. In Rome a cognomen pinned a bodily detail onto a person, and rufus meant red-haired. A man with that colouring became Rufus. The label then passed to his sons, whether their hair matched or not.
The name kept its colour in later bearers. William II of England, who ruled from 1087 to 1100, went by William Rufus, the Latin word fastened to his ruddy face. A Rufus appears in the New Testament as well, named in Mark's account of Simon of Cyrene and his sons.
There are no diminutives here, no softened forms. The name says one thing and says it directly. On a Polish class register a boy called Rufus stands out at once, the Latin sound sitting among the Piotrs and Jakubs. What it reports is what it reported in Rome: rudowłosy, red-haired.
When Rufus celebrates name day
Rufus appears 6 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 21 November.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
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 Rufus
1 in 790600 men in Poland is named Rufus. 27 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8156 among male names.
Rufus as a middle name
Rufus is a first name for 27 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 61/39 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2259th, between Rubin (17) and Rui (17).
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#2257 Roque17
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#2258 Rubin17
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#2259 Rufus17
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#2260 Rui17
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#2261 Sneider17