Forename Ruth

All over the world, Ruth (Ruth , Rut , רות , among others...) is a prevalent feminine forename. The first name Ruth is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a common primarily girly, but scarcely masculine name, Israel, where it is a common female name, and Nicaragua (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Nigeria. Much less frequently, Ruth is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Ruth is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ruth

name Ruthe, name Ruth, name รูธ, name 汝斯, name Рут, name Růth, name 茹斯, name Ruut, name רות', name 露特, name 鲁斯, name 儒斯, name Rùth, name Rute, name Рутх, name ルタ, name Rooth, name Ruti, name Ruta, name De Ruth, name Рута, name Rüth, name Rut, name Rûth, name 鲁思, name 如斯, name Ruthie, name Rutĥ, name 罗斯, name ラス, name Rúth, name 魯斯, name Del Ruth, name רותה, name רותי, name Řûťh, name 露丝, name Řutĥ, name Reuthe, name Rūth, name רות, name ルート, name ルツ, name 路得, name روت, name Van Ruth, name רוטה

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ruth	United States, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Nigeria
Rut	United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Germany, Nigeria
רות	Israel
Рут	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Armenia, Russia
รูธ	Thailand

First names said to be same

De Ruth, Del Ruth, Reuthe, Rooth, Ruta, Rute, Ruthe, Ruthie, Ruti, Rutĥ, Ruut, Rùth, Rúth, Rûth, Rüth, Rūth, Růth, Van Ruth, Řutĥ, Řûťh, Рута, Рутх, רוטה, רות', רותה, רותי, روت, ラス, ルタ, ルツ, ルート, 儒斯, 如斯, 汝斯, 罗斯, 茹斯, 路得, 露丝, 露特, 魯斯, 鲁思, and 鲁斯

First name Ruth in the context

Ruth is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ruth , the protagonist of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible; Ruth Evershed , the fictional character from the TV series Spooks; Ruth Martin , the Fictional character, Lassie; Ruth Miller , the character in the TV series Law & Order and Ruth Archer , the fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ruth von mosbach-lindenfels DE (b. 1400)
	ruth suckling (born 1614) (b. 1614)
	ruth gooch (1627-1664) (b. 1627)
	ruth hampden (born 1628) (b. 1628)
	ruth green (1628-1710) (b. 1628)
	ruth rockwell (born 1633) (b. 1633)
	ruth alden (1637-1674), US (b. 1637)
	ruth williams (born 1639) (b. 1639)
	ruth hill Aug 1644 Dorchester, MA - 1 Sep 1736 Sudbury, MA (b. 1644)
	ruth hawkins (24 Oct 1649 - 9 Oct 1724) (b. 1649)
	ruth barcroft (born 1651) (b. 1651)
	ruth freeman (1652-1686) (b. 1652)
	ruth ferris 1658 - 1745 (b. 1658)
	ruth rice (29 Sep 1659 - 30 Mar 1742) (b. 1659)
	ruth peck 3 Apr 1661 New Haven, Connecticut - (b. 1661)

Characteristic surnames

Lee, Thomas, Torres, Harris, Flores, Walker, Wilson, Morales, Sanchez, Pereira, Ramirez, Jackson, Johnson, Martinez, Anderson, Robinson, Gonzalez, Thompson, Ferreira, Oliveira, Williams, Rodriguez, Taylor, Garcia, Rivera, Castro, Cruz, Diaz, Lima, Moore, Silva, Souza, Smith, Costa, Clark, Brown, Rodrigues, Perez, Reyes, Davis, Gomez, Lewis, Lopez, Jones, White, Martin, Miller, Santos, Ramos, and Hernandez