Rauri
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROR-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Rauri is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “red king”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Rauri mean?
Scottish: Scottish spelling of Ruairidh (Rory)
“red king”
From Gaelic ruadh, 'red', and ri, 'king'; Rory is the familiar English form.
Is Rauri a girl's or a boy's name?
Rauri is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rauri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Rauri, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rauri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,155 boys in the UK were given Rauri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #20, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Rauri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
Nicknames for Rauri
- Rory 2,132 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rauri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bodhi, River, Avi, Ruairi, Shivansh, Aarav, Daithi, Avyaan, Krishiv, Ivaan, Gurbaaz, Ari
Other spellings of Rauri
Names related to Rauri
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rauri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rauri, updated 20 October 2026.