Ruhi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Ruhsal, ruhla ilgili
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɾuçi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ruhi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 325K
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ruhi itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 127 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Roohi in US United States, PK Pakistan, DE Germany and Rahi in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Ruhsal, ruhla ilgili.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ruhi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ruhi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | listed | Rahi | 53 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Ruhi | 13 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 81K | listed | Roohi | 24 |
| US United States | 1,025 | 1 in 325K | 984 | Roohi | 127 |
| DE Germany | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 235K | listed | Roohi | 17 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 13 | — | 1 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 78K | 9 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the pk-muslim-names-cc0 register; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; the de-munich-vornamen register; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ruhi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Spiritual.
as a nameThe African book of names
In aia, press down, as the contents of a bag
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Azerbaijani, mental, psychic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ruhi Halidib. 1864ILOttoman politician
- Ruhi Sub. 1912TRTurkish country music singer (1912–1985)
- Ruhi Al-Khatibb. 1914JOPalestinian politician (1914–1994)
- Ruhi Sarıalpb. 1924TRTurkish track athlete (1924–2001)
- Keri Hulmeb. 1947NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand writer
- Ruhi al-Baʿlabakkib. 1947LBLebanese lexicographer
- Rawhi Mushtahab. 1959PSnot in their usual namehead of the Gaza Strip's Hamas government
- Ruhi Sarıb. 1972TRTurkish actor (born 1972)
- Ruhi Ersoyb. 1972TRTurkish statesperson (born 1972)
- Ruhi Çenetb. 1990TRTurkish Internet personality (born 1990)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 984 | #12,216 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 89 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 41 | #12,216 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics | — | 13 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 9 | #7,104 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 2 | #7,104 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1998 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2025 | — | — |
| PK Pakistan | Muslim given names (CC0) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Тахиров, Речник на турските лични имена в България
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ruhi?
- A machine transcription gives /ɾuçi/ (IPA) for Turkish.
- In which country does Ruhi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Ruhi in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rahi.
- Is Ruhi a male or female name?
- Ruhi is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Ruhi mean?
- Recorded meaning: Ruhsal, ruhla ilgili.
- How common is the name Ruhi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,025 people named Ruhi in 2020, about 1 in 325 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Ruhi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ruhiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ruhi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.