Rumi is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “Glory of the Faith.” In 2024 it was given to 118 girls in the United States.
Rumi at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
“Glory of the Faith”
Pronunciation
/ɹuːmiː/
About the name Rumi
Rumi belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “Glory of the Faith” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rumi first appears in Social Security records in 2002. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1718 in 2024, and in 2024 118 babies received the name — 778 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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