Rufina (name)

Rufina (\r(u)-fi-na\) is a female given name and surname, meaning "red-haired". It is claimed to be of Latin, Greek, Italian, Russian or Spanish origin.^[1][2][3][4] As a first name, it is the female equivalent of Rufus.^[5]

• Claudia Rufina, a woman of British descent who lived in Rome c. 90 AD
• Rufina of Smyrna, (fl. 2nd–3rd century), a Jewish woman known only from a single funerary inscription
• Rufina of Rome (died 257), a Christian martyr venerated as a saint
• Rufina of Caesarea, a 3rd-century Christian martyr
• Rufina of Seville (270–287), a Christian martyr venerated as a saint
• Rufina Alfaro, a possibly legendary figure in the Panamanian independence movement
• Rufina Amaya (1943–2007), sole survivor of the El Mozote massacre
• Rufina Gasheva (1921–2012), a Soviet aviator during World War II
• Rufina Nifontova (1931–1994), a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1972
• Rufina Pukhova (1932–2021), a Russian memoir writer
• Rufina Ubah (born 1959), a former Nigerian sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres