Patricia Hruby Powell: Hello, my name is Patricia Hruby Powell. The Patricia and the Powell parts are pretty simple, but that Hruby part in the middle is tricky. You can simply say Ruby, like the gem. That works fine. Patricia Ruby Powell. If you're very daring, you can say Hruby. Aspirate that H. In Czechoslovakia, you'd say Ruby. I understand it's a common Czech name, but I've never been to Prague. I'm thinking not an awful lot of Ruby's immigrated to the USA because I just haven't met many Hrubys. Hrubys. Rubys. Patricia Hruby Powell.