Ruth
Usually a girl's name
- Meaning
- Hebrew, perhaps 'companion'; the meaning isn't settled Likely
The old English word 'ruth', compassion, is unrelated, though Puritans read it that way.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Popularity
US 2025: #173 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #542
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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