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Rumi

Meaning — A honorific epithet meaning "from Rum" (Anatolia/the Byzantine lands), referring to Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, the 13th-century Persian Sufi poet and mystic who lived in Konya, Turkey. Rumi is one of the most celebrated poets in history, whose masterwork the Masnavi is called the "Quran in Persian".·Persian origin·Male·ROO-mee

Rumi Rumi evokes transcendent spiritual longing, the ecstasy of divine love, and a poetic vision that dissolves the boundaries between the human and divine. Characters bearing this name carry a mystical charisma and an almost unbearable openness to joy and grief alike — souls who feel everything at full amplitude.

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Historical FictionLiterary FictionMagical RealismPoetry

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Variations & nicknames

RumiJalalJalāl ad-Dīn

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Rumi ShiraziRumi TehraniRumi EsfahaniRumi HosseiniRumi MoradiRumi Sadeghi

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