Ruby (disambiguation) explained
A ruby is a red gemstone.
Ruby may also refer to:
Places
- Ruby, Alaska
- Ruby, Arizona
- Ruby, Copiah County, Mississippi
- Ruby, Leflore County, Mississippi
- Ruby, Nebraska
- Ruby, New York
- Ruby, South Carolina
- Ruby, United States Virgin Islands
- Ruby, Virginia
- Ruby, Washington, a ghost town
- Ruby, Wisconsin, a town
- Ruby Beach, Washington
- Ruby Canyon, on the Colorado-Utah border
- Ruby Creek (disambiguation)
- Ruby Falls, an underground waterfall within Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
- Ruby Mountain, a stratovolcano in British Columbia, Canada
- Ruby Mountains, a mountain range in Nevada
- Ruby Dome, the highest peak of the Ruby Mountains
- Ruby Ridge, Idaho, site of a violent confrontation and siege
- Ruby Valley, Nevada
- Ruby City (disambiguation), several US ghost towns
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
- Ruby Allen, EastEnders character played by Louisa Lytton
- Ruby Buckton, Home and Away character played by Rebecca Breeds
- Ruby Crescent, an O-Parts Hunter character
- Ruby Dennis, the protagonist of the film Dear Mr. Wonderful
- Ruby Gillman, the main character of 2023 animated fantasy film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
- Ruby Heart, protagonist of Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- Ruby Hoshino, Oshi no Ko; see List of Oshi no Ko characters
- Ruby Kurosawa, a fictional character from the mixed-media project Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Ruby Moon, a character from Cardcaptor Sakura manga and anime
- Ruby Ramirez, a character from Treehouse's Rusty Rivets
- Ruby Marshall, a character from the preschool TV series Dot.
- Ruby Rhod, a character (played by Tucker) in the late 1990s film The Fifth Element
- Ruby Rose (RWBY character), the protagonist of the Japanese animated webseries RWBY
- Ruby Thewes, a character in the novel Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and in the film
- Ruby Trollman, a Trollz character
- Ruby, one of the identical twins in the Jacqueline Wilson novel Double Act
- Ruby (Jewelpet)
- Ruby (Pokémon)
- Ruby (Once Upon a Time) (better known as Red Riding Hood), a character from the ABC television drama Once Upon a Time
- Ruby (Steven Universe)
- Ruby (Supernatural)
- Ruby (The Land Before Time)
- Ruby, an According to Jim character
- Ruby, a promotional character created by ATI Technologies
- Ruby, an anthro rabbit in the Max & Ruby book and television series
- Ruby, the protagonist of the radio drama Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe
- Ruby, the protagonist of the Canadian TV series Ruby Gloom
- Ruby, a fictional potato in the British animated series Small Potatoes
- Ruby, an anthro mouse in the British children's series Big & Small
- Ruby, a fictional character portrayed by Amrita Singh in the 1985 Indian film Mard
Films
Games
Television
- Ruby (talk show), a British late night talk show
- Ruby (2008 TV series), a Style Network program
- Ruby (2012 TV series), an Arab dramatic series
- Ruby Gallagher, a character of the ABC Family TV series Ruby & The Rockits
- The Ruby, the diner in Canadian series Corner Gas, as well as the film and animated versions
Literature
- Ruby (novel), a 1994 novel by V. C. Andrews
Music
Albums
Songs
- "Ruby" (Ruby Gentry theme), from the 1952 film Ruby Gentry, also performed by Ray Charles in 1960
- "Ruby" (Kaiser Chiefs song), by Kaiser Chiefs, from the album Yours Truly, Angry Mob
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town and the album of the same name by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
- "Ruby", a song by Janis Ian, from the album Revenge
- "Ruby", a song by Kristin Hersh, from the album Sunny Border Blue
- "Ruby", a song by Queenadreena, from the album Djin
- "Ruby", a song by Twenty One Pilots
- "Ruby", a song by Boyzone, from the album Brother
- "Ruby", a song by Camille, from the album Le Sac des Filles
- "Ruby, My Dear", a song by Thelonious Monk
- "Ruby" (루비), a song by Fin.K.L, from the album Blue Rain
Artists and record labels
People
Programming
Ships
- , several vessels of the Royal Navy
- , several paddle steamers
- , a converted yacht in service with the US Navy
- , several merchant ships
Other uses
- Ruby (annotation), small-print pronunciation guide for logographic writing
- Ruby (car), an inter-war French manufacturer of light cars and proprietary engines
- Ruby (typography), the British English form of agate-size type
- Ruby (color), a color based on that of the gemstone
- Ruby chocolate
- Ruby (mango), a deep-red mango fruit
- 'Ruby Red' and 'Star Ruby', varieties of grapefruit
- Ruby (elephant)
- Rubies (Super Fours), a women's cricket team that competed in the Super Fours
- Project Ruby, a 1946 joint Anglo-American program to test a range of bunker-buster bombs
- Brazilian ruby, Clytolaema rubricauda, a species of hummingbird
- Little Ruby, a common name of Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa in the amaranth family
- Ruby Corp., the parent company of the Ashley Madison online dating service
- Ruby Leaf, a common name of Alternanthera brasiliana
- J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, or Ruby, in Morgantown, West Virginia
- Ruby Tuesday (restaurant), an international restaurant chain
- List of storms named Ruby
See also
