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Rue?

65 replies

nightdune · 19/12/2021 19:42

Thoughts on Rue?

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 20/12/2021 04:51

Rhea / Ria?
Rhiannon?

ShippingNews · 20/12/2021 05:27

I wouldn't go there. Rue means regret - it's not just a "name meaning" people really say "he'll rue the day he decided to do that" . And a roux is a white sauce - again it isn't just a name meaning, cooks say they are going to make a roux . Either way I wouldn't call a child that.

ICalledYouLastNightFromGlasgow · 20/12/2021 05:38

Rula as in Rula Lenska?

k4523 · 20/12/2021 07:45

Rua quite popular in Ireland

LizzieAnt · 20/12/2021 09:16

@k4523

Rua quite popular in Ireland
Rua was ranked 324th in baby boy names in Ireland last year, there were also a few named Ruadh. However, this is a recent use, as Rua was commonly used as a descriptor in the past, rather than a name as such. It means red (more specifically rust-coloured) and is the word used to describe red hair colour. So Eoin Rua is red-haired Eoin, while Eoin Fionn is fair-haired Eoin, for example. This way of distinguishing people has mostly fallen out of use now though.

Rue makes me think of regret as pp have said, OP.

Magnited · 20/12/2021 19:12

It's an abortifacient, albeit not a very safe one, widely used in the Middle Ages and before, with a bitter taste and a nasty smell.

This is what it brings to my mind. I can't help thinking the plant got its name from regretting a pregnancy. Shame, because as a plant it is very delicate with some perfectly formed leaves and a beautiful hue.

BurbageBrook · 20/12/2021 19:20

Reminds me of ‘road’ in French and also the synonym for regret. Really weird!

Itsmek · 20/12/2021 19:23

My little girl is Maisie Rae.

My granny was a Mae, and my grandma a Rae... Hence the combination, but I think Rae is so pretty... It's like a Rae 'y' of sunshine

Kshhuxnxk · 20/12/2021 19:23

You'll rue the day............

DuesToTheDirt · 20/12/2021 19:27

If I heard that I'd be thinking her full name must be 'Kangaroo'...

HettytheHoover · 23/12/2021 07:47

Met a Romilly with Roo nickname in a park over the summer? V pretty

Happenchance · 23/12/2021 16:04

Drew
Tay
Susan nn Sue
Blithe
Shay

BOBBY232 · 23/12/2021 16:06

Ru, short form of Rupert.

inmyslippers · 23/12/2021 16:09

I love it! I do associate it with hunger games but it's not a bad thing

drpet49 · 23/12/2021 16:10

Rue Paul drag race

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