All around the world, 鲁夫 (Rufe 
, Roof 
, 鲁夫 
) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom girly given name. The first name 鲁夫 is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare male name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Libya, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Ethiopia, India, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, 鲁夫 is the last name as well as the forename.