Rue

Rue is a girl's and boy's baby name of Old French origin, from the herb plant rue (Ruta graveolens) — a bitter medicinal herb associated in Shakespeare and medieval tradition with regret and grace, from Latin ruta, meaning 'herb of grace' or 'sorrow.'

Rue gained enormous cultural traction through the TV series Euphoria, where the protagonist Rue Bennett — played by Zendaya — gave the name a raw, vulnerable, powerfully human face. The name's literary associations with grace and sorrow, combined with its modern pop-culture moment, make it hauntingly resonant.