The Safinii of imperial times used a wide variety of personal cognomina .
A number of this gens bore the surname Rufus , or its diminutive , Rufinus , originally given to someone with red hair .
The Safinii of imperial times used a wide variety of personal cognomina , but a number of this gens bore the surname Rufus , or its diminutive , Rufinus , originally given to someone with red hair .