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Names starting with Ru

रू (Ru) is the naming syllable of Swati nakshatra, pada 1, in Tula rashi. These are the 30 names in Kalava's list that begin with it, each with its meaning as the Sanskrit dictionary prints it.

Girls · 10 Boys · 14 A girl or a boy · 6

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  1. Ruchi रुचि attested

    (ruci, ) light, lustre, splendour, beauty

    ruci · MW 882,2 · Apte 914

  2. Ruhee रुही regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  3. Rupa रूप attested

    handsome form, loveliness, grace, beauty, splendour; also any outward appearance or phenomenon or colour

    rūpa · MW 886,1 · Apte 916

    Neuter in Sanskrit; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  4. Rukmini रुक्मिनी attested

    wearing golden ornaments, adorned with gold

    rukmin · MW 882,1 · Apte 913

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  5. Rupavathi रूपवती attested

    a handsome woman (N. of various women)

    rūpavatī · MW 886,2

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  6. Rudi रूढि attested

    fame, celebrity, notoriety; also rise, ascent (lit. and fig.), increase, growth

    rūḍhi · MW 885,3 · Apte 915

    Feminine in Sanskrit, but given mostly to boys; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  7. Rudra रुद्रा attested

    Shiva (the deity's own name); (prob.) crying, howling, roaring, dreadful, terrific, terrible

    rudra · MW 883,1 · Apte 914

    The dictionary's sense is unflattering: ‘Shiva (the deity's own name)’.

  8. Rudrani रुद्राणी attested

    Rudra's wife, the goddess Durgā

    rudrāṇī · MW 884,1 · Apte 915

  9. Rupa रूपा attested

    N. of a river

    rūpā · MW 886,1

  10. Rucha रुचा attested

    bright, radiant, brilliant

    ruca · MW 882,2

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

Boys14

  1. Rudra रुद्र attested

    Shiva (the deity's own name); (prob.) crying, howling, roaring, dreadful, terrific, terrible

    rudra · MW 883,1 · Apte 914

    The dictionary's sense is unflattering: ‘Shiva (the deity's own name)’.

  2. Room रूम attested

    N. of a place

    rūma · MW 886,3

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  3. Rum रुम attested

    N. of a man

    ruma · MW 884,3

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  4. Rushil रुशिल modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

  5. Ruhaan रुहान modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

  6. Rumana रुमण attested

    N. of an ape

    rumaṇa · MW 884,3

    Masculine in Sanskrit, but given mostly to girls; in Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  7. Ruchi रुचि attested

    pleasant, agreeable

    ruci · MW 882,2 · Apte 914

  8. Ruchy रुच्य attested

    bright, radiant, beautiful, pleasing

    rucya · MW 882,3 · Apte 914

    Masculine in Sanskrit, but given mostly to girls; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  9. Ruchikara रुचिकर attested

    causing pleasure, exciting desire

    rucikara · MW 882,2

  10. Ruchira रुचिर attested

    bright, brilliant, radiant, splendid, beautiful

    rucira · MW 882,2 · Apte 914

  11. Rukma रुक्म attested

    ‘what is bright or radiant’, an ornament of gold

    rukma · MW 882,1 · Apte 913

  12. Rukmangada रुक्माङ्गद attested

    wearing a golden bracelet on the upper arm

    rukmāṅgada · MW 882,1

  13. Rukmaratha रुक्मरथ attested

    a golden chariot

    rukmaratha · MW 882,1

  14. Rupya रूप्य attested

    well-shaped, beautiful

    rūpya · MW 886,3 · Apte 916

A girl or a boy6

  1. Rumi रुमी regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  2. Rook रूक regional

    Not a Sanskrit word; the nearest dictionary word, ruka, is a different word.

  3. Roosan रूषण attested

    covering, strewing

    rūṣaṇa · MW 886,3 · Apte 916

    Neuter in Sanskrit; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  4. Rupadhara रूपधर attested

    having the form or shape of, being of the colour of

    rūpadhara · MW 886,1

  5. Roopan रूपण attested

    figurative illustration, metaphorical description

    rūpaṇa · MW 886,3 · Apte 916

    Neuter in Sanskrit; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  6. Rujula रुजुल modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

What the grades mean
attested
The name is a word in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit dictionary, and the meaning is the dictionary's own.
compound
Two dictionary words joined; the meaning gives both halves.
regional
Not a Sanskrit word as it is written, but long given in Indian families: it is in the Indian electoral rolls. A Tamil or Malayalam form of a Sanskrit name says so, and takes that word's meaning.
modern coinage
Not a Sanskrit word and not in the rolls: a recent name, seen in US or UK birth registers.

MW is Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), by page and column; Apte is The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), by page. Where a name is not a Sanskrit word, its Devanagari is worked out from the English spelling.

The four padas of Swati: रू Ru · रे Re · रो Ro · ता Ta

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Meanings from Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), and Apte, The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), as digitised by the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, CC BY-SA 4.0. Popularity from the US Social Security Administration (public domain), the Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0) and Indian electoral-roll first names (Chintalapati, Laohaprapanon and Sood, CC0). Kalava's names data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. The licence. This page is shared under the same licence.