Rufo

See also: rufo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Rufo.

Proper noun

Rufo (plural Rufos)

1. A surname from Italian or Spanish.
   • 2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 February 2023:

     Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed him to the board of New College, a tiny public liberal-arts school, and Rufo has announced his intention to rid the place of leftist excesses.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rufo is the 10326^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3120 individuals. Rufo is most common among White (80.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rufo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• four, furo, rouf, uORF

Italian

 

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Rufo (nome)

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Rūfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.fo/
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: Rù‧fo

Proper noun

Rufo m

1. Rufus, either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus

Proper noun

Rufo m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Anagrams

• fuor, furo

Latin

Proper noun

Rūfō

1. dative/ablative singular of Rūfus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Rufus (“red, reddish”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrufo/ [ˈru.fo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Syllabification: Ru‧fo

Proper noun

Rufo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus