Ruhee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-hee
- Origin
- Arabic
Ruhee is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “spiritual, of the soul”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ruhee mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ruhi
“spiritual, of the soul”
From Arabic ruh, soul or spirit; in South Asia the name is used by both Muslim and Hindu families.
Meaning borrowed from Ruhi.
Is Ruhee a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruhee is a girls' name.
How popular is Ruhee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Ruhee in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruhee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Ruhee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Rahaf Zainab Aaliyah Raha Hafsa Zaya Zaniyah Rehmat Safiya Salem
Names related to Ruhee
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ruhee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruhee, updated 20 October 2026.