Rufina

Rufina is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, United States, Azerbaijan
US records 1880–2017: 0 male / 1,003 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Rufina

If you do not know Rufina’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Rufina,” in English, “Guten Tag Rufina,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Rufina,

German

Guten Tag Rufina,

French

Bonjour Rufina,

Spanish

Estimado/a Rufina:

Chinese

Rufina您好：

Japanese

Rufina様

English

Hi Rufina,

German

Hi Rufina,

French

Salut Rufina,

Spanish

Hola Rufina,

Chinese

Rufina你好：

Japanese

Rufinaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Rufina by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan	uncommon	woman's name
United States	uncommon	woman's name
Azerbaijan	rare	woman's name
Spain	rare	woman's name
Italy	rare	woman's name
Portugal	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 1,003 female · 1,003 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Rufina a male or female name?

Rufina is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Rufina in an email?

Is Rufina a unisex name?

Rufina is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Rufina a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/rufina. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_rufina,
  title  = {Is Rufina a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/rufina},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}