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Worldwide, Ruf (Ruf , روف , Руфь , among others...) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Ruf is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Afghanistan, where it is a rare masculine name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, Ruf is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Ruf | Germany, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Indonesia, United States |
روف | Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia |
Руфь | Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan |
Руф | Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
ルフ | Japan |
Ruf is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rufus Scrimgeour , the wizard in the Harry Potter universe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1; Rufus of Thebes , the Numbered among the Seventy Disciples; Rufus Shinra , the fictional character from Final Fantasy VII; Rufus , the cat from Disney's The Rescuers and Rufus Humphrey , character in Gossip Girl, and in many other works.