Entry № 8888 · Latin origin

Rufina Rufina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ roo-FEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Red-haired (Spanish twin saint)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "red-haired (spanish twin saint)".

Rufina is the Latin feminine of Rufinus, from rufus (red-haired). Saints Justa and Rufina (3rd c.) were the Christian twin sisters of Seville — potters who refused to sell their wares for pagan rituals and were martyred together. Patron saints of Seville and Spanish potters.

Featured in works by Murillo and Goya.

Red-haired. The Spanish twin martyr-saint of Seville.

The name in its native script.

Rufina
Transliteration
Rufina
Pronunciation
/ ruːˈfiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rufina stands.

Rufina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rufinas before her.

Real people
Saint Rufina
Christian twin martyr-saint.
3rd c.
In fiction
Rufina
Featured in paintings by Murillo and Goya.

Names connected to Rufina.

The number behind Rufina.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rufina reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.