Rhuari
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROO-a-ree
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Rhuari is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “red king”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Rhuari mean?
Scottish: anglicised spelling of Gaelic Ruairidh
“red king”
The same Gaelic name is usually anglicised as Rory.
Is Rhuari a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhuari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhuari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Rhuari, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,082nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Rhuari than any year since 2010.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Rhuari or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Ruaraidh 13
- Rhuari 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 560th in Scotland.
Rhuari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 2 | #6,493 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 2 | #5,064 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Nicknames for Rhuari
- Rory 2,132 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rhuari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rumi, Ruairi, Loki, Kairo, Yusuf, Akari, Yug, Muhammad, Sami, Rui, Benji, Dakota
Other spellings of Rhuari
Names related to Rhuari
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, “Rhuari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhuari, updated 20 October 2026.