See also: Appendix:Variations of "rui" English Etymology 1 Proper noun Rui A male given name from Japanese Etymology 2 Proper noun Rui A male given name from Portuguese Anagrams URI, Uri, iru, uri Japanese Romanization Rui Rōmaji transcription of るい Portuguese Alternative forms Ruy (dated) Pronunciation (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁuj/ [ˈhuɪ̯] (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁuj/ [ˈhuɪ̯] (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁuj/ [ˈχuɪ̯] (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁuj/ Hyphenation: Rui Proper noun Rui m (plural Ruis) a male given name of common usage, equivalent to English Roderick, but used independently of RodrigoWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.