Ruaidrí
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Gaelic, Irish, Scottish |
| Meaning | red king |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Ruairidh, Ruaridh, Rhuaridh, Ruairi, Ruari, Ruairí |
| Related names | Rory |
Ruaidhri (also Ruairi, Ruairidh, Rhuairidh, Ruaridh, Rhuaridh, Ruarídh, Ruari or Ruairí) is a Goidelic (Irish and Scottish Gaelic) masculine given name.[1] It translates as "red-haired king" rua[dh] red-coloured hair of foxes, etc., rí[gh] king. Its Gaelic pronunciation is /'ruərʲi:/, and in Munster Irish /rəi'rʲi:/. In English, it is typically pronounced as Rory or Roo-ry. In Classical Irish/Gaelic, the name was written Ruaidhrigh, and in Old Gaelic Ruaidrig /ruaðʲrʲiʝ/.
Historically, it has also been anglicized by replacement with the Germanic cognate Roderick, of similar meaning (red-haired leader) (e.g. Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair anglicised Roderic O'Connor). Its equivalent in the Welsh language is Rhodri, also meaning red-haired king.
People with this name
- Ruaidrí mac Fáeláin (died 785), King of Leinster of the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin
- Ruaidrí ua Canannáin (died 950), king of the Cenél Conaill, and according to some sources High King of Ireland
- Ruaidrí na Saide Buide (died 1118), called Ruaidrí na Saide Buide (Ruaidrí of the Yellow Birch), King of Connacht
- Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, 12th century King of Connacht and the last High King of Ireland
- Aedh mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht from 1228 to 1233
- Ruaidri mac Cathal Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht in Ireland
- Ruaidri mac Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht, died 1384
- Ruaidri Caech mac Diarmata (1404–1421), see Kings of Magh Luirg
- Ruaidrí mac Donnchad Ó Dálaigh (died 1469)
- Ruaidri Óg mac Diarmata (1478–1486), see Kings of Magh Luirg
- Ruaidri mac Diarmata (1549–1568), see Kings of Magh Luirg
- Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (died 1716/18)
- Ruairí Mac Easmainn (1864–1916), Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist
- Ruairidh Erskine (1869–1960), Scottish nationalist
- Ruairí Brugha (1917–2006), Clann na Poblachta politician
- Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (born 1932), Irish Republican Army member
- Ruairi Quinn (born 1946), Irish Labour Party politician
- Ruairi Robinson (born 1978), Academy Award-nominated Irish film director and writer
- Ruaridh Jackson (born 1988), Glasgow Warriors out half
- Ruairi McKiernan (born 1977), Irish social activist
References
- ^ Martin-Doyle, Katie (1999). Treasury of Baby Names. Cambridge, UK: Worth Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-903025-11-6.
Rory: Anglicised form of the Irish Gaelic names Ruaidhri, Ruari, and the Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh and Ruaraidh.
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