Rūta
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian Rūta (“rue”).
Proper noun
Rūta f
- a female given name.
See also
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Rūta was the only given name of 1966 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Etymology 1
From rūta (“rue”), the national plant of Lithuania.
Proper noun
Rūta f
- a female given name.
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew
Proper noun
Rūta f
- Ruth (Biblical figure)
- a female given name of biblical origin.
Categories:
- Latvian terms derived from Lithuanian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- Lithuanian given names
- Lithuanian female given names
- Lithuanian terms derived from Hebrew
- lt:Biblical characters