Rufina
A Latin name meaning "red-haired". Fewer than a hundred women in Poland carry it, and new ones almost never arrive: most Poles will never meet a Rufina.
Rufina Pronunciation
Rufina is pronounced roo-FEE-nah (/ruˈfina/).
What Rufina means
Where Rufina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rufina comes from Latin, from the family of Rufus and Rufinus, a name given to someone red-haired. The root simply described colour. A Roman with reddish hair could be called Rufus, and Rufina turned that into a woman's name. Its short meaning in Polish is rudowłosa, red-haired in English.
The name traveled with Spanish tradition. Saints Justa and Rufina, two potters, were martyred in Seville around the year 287 and became patrons of the city. Painters like Murillo and Goya later gave Rufina her own canvases, usually holding clay pots. Seville remembers her still.
The masculine variant is Rufin. On a Polish class register, a Rufina sits apart, one of the rarer entries. The name says red-haired, the same sense as the Latin rufus.
When Rufina celebrates name day
Rufina appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 10 July.
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 Rufina
1 in 268379 women in Poland is named Rufina. 84 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3873 among female names.
Rufina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Rufina as a middle name
Rufina is a first name for 84 women in Poland and a middle name for another 27, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1385th, between Rosemary (27) and Sancja (27).
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#1383 Priscilla27
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#1384 Rosemary27
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#1385 Rufina27
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#1386 Sancja27
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#1387 Stenia27