Rhu
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROO
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Rhu is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Rhu come from?
Scottish: possibly a short form of Ruaridh, or from Rhu, a village in Argyll
Is Rhu a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Rhu, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Rhu of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
In 2025, 68 boys in the UK were given Rhu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #567, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 495th in Scotland.
Rhu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 2 | #6,166 |
Names like Rhu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Yug, Minh, Rumi, Shko, Loki, Ruairi, Yusuf, Yoan, Yunus, Yitzchok, Tadhg
Other spellings of Rhu
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, “Rhu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhu, updated 20 October 2026.