Around the globe, Ruthe (Ruthe 
, 露丝 
, รูธ 
) is a common girly given name. The first name Ruthe is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common feminine name, Brazil, where it is quite a rare female name, and Cameroon, where it is a rare girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Brazil, and China. Much less frequently, Ruthe is the last name as well as the forename.
Ruthe is also a popular 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.
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