Rory

Fire

Also spelled: Ruairí, Ruairidh

Used for girls and boys

Literal meaning

'red king': from Irish Ruairí, from ruadh 'red' + rí 'king' Well attested

Origin

Irish and Scottish Gaelic

Element: Fire

red is Fire's color in Chinese tradition

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #230 (girls), #199 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1271 (girls), #17 (boys)

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Names with a similar meaning

The same meaning in Chinese

彤 tóng red
红 hóng red Traditional form: 紅

Related in meaning in Chinese

丹 dān cinnabar
绯 fēi scarlet Traditional form: 緋
赭 zhě reddish

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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