Rupheo

literary name from Chaucer

Rupheo Origin and Meaning

The name Rupheo is a boy's name .

In Virgil's Aenid, Ripheus is "the most just" of all the Trojans. He dies defending Troy. Dante and Boccaccio also reference the hero. Chaucer calls him Rupheo, a possibility with a spirited sound.

In 1991's Peter Pan-inspired Hook, Rufio was the leader of the Lost Boys.