Across the world, Руха (Rukha 
, Ruha 
, Ruxa 
) is quite a common dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine forename. The first name Руха is characteristic of Syria, where it is a rare girly name, India, where it is a rare dominantly feminine, but seldom male name, and Iraq, where it is a very rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Syria, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Руха is the last name as well as the forename.