Rut

Gender Feminine

Usage Spanish, Icelandic, Swedish, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]

Scripts רוּת (Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈrut/ (Spanish) /ˈʁut/ (Hebrew) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Spanish, Icelandic, Swedish and Hebrew form of Ruth 1.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesRuth (Biblical) Rhouth (Biblical Greek) Ruth (Biblical Latin) Rút (Czech) Ruth (Danish) Ruth (Dutch) Ruth, Ruthie (English) Rutt, Ruth (Estonian) Ruut (Finnish) Ruth (German) Ruta (Latvian) Rūta (Lithuanian) Ruth (Norwegian) Ruta (Polish) Rute (Portuguese) Ruf (Russian) Rút (Slovak)

Same SpellingRút

Popularity

People think this name is

youthful informal common strong rough simple

Name Days

Norway: November 28

Spain: June 4

Sweden: January 4

Sources & References

Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h7327, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h7327.

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Entry updated May 26, 2026