Rupheo
literary name from Chaucer
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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.