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Ruby
The name Ruby is taken from the name of the gemstone
ruby .
Pronunciation
ROO -bee Gender female Word/name
Latin Meaning "
ruby " 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 rubinus , meaning
red .
[1] The ruby is the
birthstone for the month of July.
[2]
The name first came into wide use for girls in the late
Victorian era , along with other jewel names.
Ruby by
Alfons Mucha , 1900
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 .
[3]
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,
[4] 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 .
[5]
Notable people with the name include:
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (born 1998), English actress
Ruby Barker (born 1996), British actress
Ruby Bhatia (born 1973), Indian-Canadian actress, and television host
Ruby Bradley (1907–2002), United States 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 Dandridge (1900–1987), American actress
Ruby Dee (1924–2014), American actress
Ruby Dhalla (born 1974), Canadian politician
Ruby Evans (born 2007), Welsh artistic gymnast
Ruby Franke (born 1982), former American youtuber and convicted child abuser
Ruby Nash Garnett (born 1939), lead singer of American group
Ruby & the Romantics
Ruby Gilbert (1929–2010), American politician
Ruby I. Gilbert (1851–1945), American business woman
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 Hunter (1955–2010), Australian singer-songwriter
Ruby Keeler (1909–1993), American 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 (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 Turner (born 1958), British Jamaican singer, songwriter, and actress
Ruby Walsh (born 1979), Irish jockey
Ruby Wax (born 1953), British-American comedian
Ruby Winters (1942–2016), American soul singer
Ruby Yang , Chinese-American filmmaker
Ruby Allen , a character in the British soap opera
EastEnders , played by
Louisa Lytton
Ruby Baptiste, a character in the HBO television series
Lovecraft Country
Ruby Bennett, "Rue", the main character in HBO series
Euphoria
Ruby Crescent, a character of the
666 Satan manga
Ruby Dobbs , a character in the British soap opera
Coronation Street
Ruby Gillman, the title character in the animated DreamWorks Animation film
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Ruby Gloom, the title character of the Canadian animated television series
Ruby Gloom
Ruby Heart, original character in
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Ruby Hoshino, the female protagonist in manga and anime series
Oshi no Ko
Ruby Kurosawa , a character from the media-mix project Love Live! Sunshine!!
Ruby Lucas , a character from the ABC show
Once Upon a Time
Ruby Moon , a character in
Cardcaptor Sakura manga and anime
Ruby Ramirez, a character in the animated preschool television series
Rusty Rivets
Ruby the Red Fairy, the first fairy in the
Rainbow Magic book franchise
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 Gillman, a kraken in
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Ruby Snarkis, a character in the French Canadian series,
Flying Rhino Junior High
Ruby Spark, a character from the British medical drama
Casualty
Ruby Summers , the daughter of
Scott Summers and
Emma Frost in
Marvel Comics
Ruby Sunday , a character in British science fiction series
Doctor Who
Ruby, an anthropomorphic rabbit and the main character in the Nick Jr. animated preschool series
Max & Ruby
Ruby, a Cocotama who is the spirit of the ring in the anime
Kira Kira Happy Hirake! Cocotama
Ruby, a character in the animated television series
Steven Universe
Ruby, a (male) character in the
Pokémon Adventures manga series
Ruby, a Japanese hare in the
Jewelpet anime series
Ruby, a demon character in the television series
Supernatural
Ruby, a rabbit villager in the video game series
Animal Crossing
Ruby, a young mutant in
The Hills Have Eyes and
The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film)
Ruby, a (male) character in the 2005 animated film
Barbie: Fairytopia
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. p. 237.
ISBN
0-19-861060-2 .
^
Behind the Name
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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