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Rue

Rue ranks #313 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 7 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #277 among girl dog names.
Rue's popularity trend

Rue's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2014.

0.01%0.02%0.03%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
7
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#313
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
−1,309
2014 → 2019
Gender split
85% female
85% female15% male

Gender split comes from 27 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Rue mean?
/ɹu/1 syllable

Rue is the English word for Ruta graveolens, a bitter-tasting perennial herb long used in traditional medicine — the word traces back to Old French rue and, further back, Latin ruta. The verb 'to rue,' meaning to feel regret, is an unrelated word that just happens to sound the same: it descends from Old English hreowan, a Germanic root with no connection to the herb.

Rue is short, soft, and a little wistful — an understated name that suits a gentle, sensitive companion with a quiet, thoughtful presence.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Rue shows up

Cats named Rue per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.04%
TorontoON, CA0.01%

Cat names like Rue

Rueben