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Rumen

Gender
Boy
Origin
Slavic

Rumen is a boys' name of Slavic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Rumen mean?

Slavic

A transliteration of the Bulgarian male given name Ру́мен (Rúmen)

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Rumen a girl's or a boy's name?

Rumen is a boys' name.

How popular is Rumen in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 boys.

2019Busiest: 5 in 20192024
Rumen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20243#5,198
20230–
20224#4,195
20213#4,989
20205#3,502
20195#3,597

Names like Rumen

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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, “Rumen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rumen, updated 20 October 2026.