"Traditional name"
The name Ruairi is commonly a male name.
Ruairi is the Irish Gaelic name written Ruairí in Irish, the older form behind the anglicised Rory. It goes back to Old Irish Ruaidrí, built from the elements rúad, meaning red, and rí, meaning king. Irish Names by Donnchadh Ó Corráin and Fidelma Maguire records it as an established name in the Irish tradition.
The pronunciation of Ruairi is ROO-ree.
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