Rute
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʁuti/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rute is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- PTPortugal≈1 in 802(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 4.2K
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 125 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 802 (inferred from the name graph)
50,429 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Portugal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rute counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #623 | 50,429 | 1 in 4.2K | 55K | Rute | 119 |
| PT Portugal | #105 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 802 | listed | Rute | 125 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Rute | 16 |
| US United States | — | 263 | 1 in 1.3M | 258 | Rute | 93 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Rute | 23 |
| LV Latvia | — | 43 | 1 in 44K | 43 | — | 9 |
50,429 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rute is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, Ruth (book of the Bible)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, first/third-person singular present subjunctive of rutar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, vocative masculine singular of rutus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Ruth (biblical character).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, square
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ana Rute Cardosob. 1965PTEconomist (Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) -> Institute of Economic Analysis)
- Rute Marquesb. 1970PTPortuguese model
- Rute Costab. 1971PTPortuguese cyclist
- Ruth Marleneb. 1978PTnot in their usual namePortuguese singer
- Rute Silva Correiab. 1981PTPortuguese writer
- Rute Muiangab. 1983MZMozambican basketball player (born 1983)
- Rute Costab. 1994PTassociation football player
- Rute Maria Gonçalves-de-AndradeBRBrazilian arachnologist
- Rute TeixeiraPTPortuguese actress
- Rute MirandaPTPortuguese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 55K | #737 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 55K | #275 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 50K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 50K | #566 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 49K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 44K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 39K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 32K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 26K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 18K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 9.4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 1.6K | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Rute?
- A machine transcription gives /ʁuti/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- What does the name Rute mean, and where does it come from?
- A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Rute?
- In the etymology graph, Ruth, Rod and Reut are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Rute a male or female name?
- Rute is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rute have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 50 thousand people named Rute, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rute.
- How common is the name Rute?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 50,429 people named Rute in 2022, about 1 in 4.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Rute compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Rute is the 623rd most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rute?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ruteThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rute” — the 623rd most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.