Rue?

Letayloreo

How do you feel about this name? I know, I know its meaning isn't spectacular but who even uses this verb anymore??

msronzio

I've never seen or read the hunger games *ducks to avoid stones*, but nameberry.com suggested this name and I thought it was pretty cool, esp for a MN.

NerdyLucy

Joy2611 said:

It screams "Oh I love love LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES!"  I just can't support that.

I'm probably in the minority, but my mind goes to The Golden Girls because of the woman who played Blanche. I love my Golden Girls.

Letayloreo

Ruby is actually my great grandmother's (still living) name... In sure she would be honored! I love it!

Letayloreo

I agree, I know it's in the Hunger Games but in all honesty I have not seen or read so I'm not even sure how major the character is who has that name... I'm also considering it as a mn

MMason12

Like PP said, I think it's a great nickname, but not a full first name. 

oneblessedmess

Joy2611 said:

It screams "Oh I love love LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES!"  I just can't support that.

Yeah my first thought was Hunger Games too, but even without the association I think Rue is better suited as a nickname.

slukd79

NerdyLucy said:

Joy2611 said:

It screams "Oh I love love LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES!"  I just can't support that.

I'm probably in the minority, but my mind goes to The Golden Girls because of the woman who played Blanche. I love my Golden Girls.

Thought the same thing!

Scarlett&Gatsby

I love Rue, just on its own, it's lovely and simple.

kriskell

DD is Ruth. We call her Rue sometimes. I think it's sweet as a NN or on its own. I do think of Hunger Games and Golden Girls, though.

AJCagle82

NerdyLucy said:

Joy2611 said:

It screams "Oh I love love LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES!"  I just can't support that.

I'm probably in the minority, but my mind goes to The Golden Girls because of the woman who played Blanche. I love my Golden Girls.

That was my first thought, too. 

FakeFinn

NerdyLucy said:

Joy2611 said:

It screams "Oh I love love LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES!"  I just can't support that.

I'm probably in the minority, but my mind goes to The Golden Girls because of the woman who played Blanche. I love my Golden Girls.

Yes, me too, then Hunger Games. I think Rue in itself is very sweet, but I'd go with a full name (mentioned by pps) and then use Rue as a nn.

+ASH+

My first thought is and will always be Rue Mclanahan. I'm 31, so I was a young child when Golden Girls was new, but it's always been a favorite show of mine, and I've seen every episode well over 50+ times, thanks to reruns constantly being on at all times of the day for the last 25 years, so the names Rue, Bea, Estelle, and Betty will immediately make me think of the actresses. I've never seen or read the Hunger Games. I don't mind it as a nickname, I just think it seems incomplete as a full name.

rider5344

Screams HG and it means to regret, from dictionary.com:

rue¹  [roo]  Show IPA verb, rued, ru·ing, noun

verb (used with object)

1.

to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.

2.

to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: I rue the day he was born.

verb (used without object)

3.

to feel sorrow, repentance, or regret.

noun

4.

sorrow; repentance; regret.

5.

pity or compassion.

MayDayGirl

Our girl name was prudence with rue as a nn! We had a boy, but everyone here and irl loved the name. Though bc of the meaning of rue we for sure wanted a longer formal name

MayDayGirl

MayDayGirl said:

Our girl name was prudence with rue as a nn! We had a boy, but everyone here and irl loved the name. Though bc of the meaning of rue we for sure wanted a longer formal name

Um I am sleep deprived lol I forgot we changed our mind last minute to Cordelia lol, but it was between the two for months