Rui (given name)
Portuguese Name
Rui is a Portuguese male first name, also spelled Ruy. It has the same origin as Roderick and Rodrick. People with the given name Rui include:
- Ruy de Carvalho, Portuguese actor
- Rui Barbosa, Brazilian diplomat, writer, jurist, and politician
- Rui Campos, Brazilian footballer
- Rui Correia, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Costa, Portuguese football midfielder
- Rui da Gracia, Spanish-born naturalized Equatoguinean football defender, known mononymously as Rui
- Rui de Figueiredo, professor, engineer and mathematician
- Rui de Pina, Portuguese chronicler
- Rui Falcão, Brazilian politician
- Rui Faria, Portuguese football coach
- Rui Jorge Faria Azevedo, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Alberto Faria da Costa, Portuguese cyclist
- Rui Hachimura, Japanese basketball player
- Rui Jordão, Portuguese football striker
- Rui Jorge, Portuguese football back
- Rui Machado, Portuguese tennis player
- Rui Monteiro, Cape Verde-born Dutch footballer
- Rui Nereu, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Oliveira, Portuguese cyclist
- Rui Patrício, Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Rio, Portuguese politician and former Mayor of Porto
- Rui Soares, Portuguese squash player
- Rui Sueyoshi, Japanese footballer
- Rui Ukita, Japanese ice hockey player
- Rui Veloso , Portuguese musician. Known to be the father of Portuguese Rock'n Roll
Japanese Name
Rui is also a unisex name of Japanese origin. It carries the meaning of "tears or affection".
