Ruth

See also ruth

English

Etymology

From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth by Puritans.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːθ

Proper noun

Ruth

Ruth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Ruth” on Wikisource. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
2. (biblical) Ruth the Moabite, around whom the text centers.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Ruth 1:16

     And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

3. A female given name.
   • 1982 Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Fawcett Columbine , 1996, ISBN 0449911594, page 134

     He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.

Usage notes

• The given name was rarely used by non-Jews in the Middle Ages. Taken into regular use by Puritans. Popular from the 1890s to the 1920s, particularly in the U.S.A.

Translations

book of the Bible

• Arabic: سفر راعوث (ar) (sifr rāʿūṯ) m
• Armenian: Հռութ (hy) (Hṙut')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路得記 (cmn), 路得记 (cmn) (Lùdé jì)

• Danish: Ruth (da)
• Dutch: Ruth (nl)
• Estonian: Rutt (et)
• Finnish: Ruut (fi)
• French: livre de Ruth (fr) m
• German: Ruth (de) f, Buch Rut (de) n
• Hawaiian: Ruta
• Hebrew: רוּת (he) (rut) f

• Japanese: ルツ記 (ja) (Rutsu-ki)
• Latvian: Rute (lv) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Rut (mt) m
• Norwegian: Rut (no)
• Persian: کتاب روت (fa) (ketâb-e Rut)
• Polish: Księga Rut (pl) f
• Portuguese: Rute (pt) f
• Russian: кни́га Руфь (ru) (kníga Rufʹ) f
• Slovene: Ruta (sl) f
• Swedish: Rut (sv)
• Welsh: Ruth (cy)

female given name

• Arabic: روث (ar) (rūṯ) f, راعوث (ar) (rāʿūṯ) f, روت (ar) (rūt) f
• Armenian: Հռութ (hy) (Hṙut')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魯思 (cmn), 鲁思 (cmn) (Lǔsī), 路得 (cmn) (Lùdé) (biblical)

• Czech: Rút (cs) f
• Danish: Ruth (da)
• Estonian: Rutt (et)
• Finnish: Ruut (fi)
• French: Ruth (fr) f
• German: Ruth (de) f
• Hawaiian: Luka

• Hebrew: רוּת (he) (rut) f
• Japanese: ルース (ja) (Rūsu), ルツ (ja) (Rutsu) (biblical)
• Latvian: Ruta (lv) f
• Norwegian: Ruth (no), Rut (no)
• Polish: Rut (pl) f
• Portuguese: Rute (pt) f
• Russian: Руфь (ru) (Rufʹ) f (cognate), Рут (ru) (Rut) f (transliteration, indeclinable)
• Spanish: Rut (es) f, Ruth (es) f
• Swedish: Rut (sv), Ruth (sv)
• Welsh: Ruth (cy) f

Anagrams

• hurt, thru, Thur, thur

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Danish

Proper noun

Ruth

1. (biblical) Ruth.
2. A female given name of biblical origin.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 31 594 females with the given name Ruth have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.

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Dutch

Proper noun

Ruth ?

1. The eighth book of the Bible.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Ruth

1. A female given name of biblical origin, variant of Rutt.

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German

Proper noun

Ruth

1. (biblical) Ruth.
2. A female given name.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Ruth, from Hebrew רות, cognate with English Ruth. Used as a given name since the 18th century. Equivalent to the modern Norwegian biblical Rut.

Proper noun

Ruth

1. A female given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9707 females with the given name Ruth, compared to 385 named Rut, living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14th 2011.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

Pronounced like the English word "root"

Etymology

From Latin Ruth. A spelling variant of Rut.

Proper noun

Ruth f

1. A female given name.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Ruth, from Hebrew רות. First recorded as a given name in 1621.

Proper noun

Ruth

1. A female given name, an alternative spelling of Rut.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån: 14 540 females with the given name Ruth, compared to 23 268 named Rut, living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.