Ruth Forename
133rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,343,758 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Congo
Ruth Forename Definition:
A female name. a Hebrew name of doubtful etymology. First used as a christian name in England after the Reformation. Ruthe Evans 1589 is the earliest example noted.
Ruth Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 664,789 | 1:545 | 100 |
| Germany | 100% | 315,924 | 1:306 | 84 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 280,922 | 1:632 | 89 |
| Kenya | 100% | 198,406 | 1:233 | 25 |
| Uganda | 100% | 149,219 | 1:274 | 48 |
| England | 100% | 93,911 | 1:592 | 137 |
| Zambia | - | 91,480 | 1:173 | 14 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 91,135 | 1:810 | 162 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85,349 | 1:200 | 22 |
| Mexico | 100% | 83,830 | 1:1,481 | 264 |
| Congo | 100% | 79,788 | 1:63 | 6 |
| Brazil | 100% | 78,672 | 1:2,723 | 408 |
| Colombia | 100% | 78,473 | 1:609 | 104 |
| Philippines | 99% | 68,539 | 1:1,547 | 320 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 67,155 | 1:122 | 7 |
| Peru | 100% | 59,647 | 1:533 | 86 |
| Ghana | 100% | 55,118 | 1:490 | 112 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 46,420 | 1:1,137 | 242 |
| Canada | 100% | 44,382 | 1:747 | 158 |
| Ecuador | - | 44,376 | 1:399 | 77 |
| Angola | 100% | 40,083 | 1:673 | 136 |
| Chile | 100% | 39,785 | 1:443 | 98 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 31,001 | 1:263 | 15 |
| South Africa | 100% | 30,206 | 1:1,805 | 280 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 28,305 | 1:375 | 75 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 27,471 | 1:561 | 85 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23,008 | 1:1,313 | 213 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 22,224 | 1:11,607 | 1,615 |
| Liberia | 99% | 21,677 | 1:204 | 31 |
| Spain | 100% | 21,313 | 1:2,183 | 295 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 20,524 | 1:785 | 166 |
| Mozambique | - | 20,160 | 1:1,351 | 307 |
| Australia | - | 19,441 | 1:703 | 159 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 17,833 | 1:1,212 | 241 |
| Haiti | 100% | 17,676 | 1:607 | 83 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 15,246 | 1:684 | 96 |
| Norway | 100% | 13,505 | 1:380 | 91 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13,316 | 1:3,212 | 351 |
| El Salvador | - | 12,587 | 1:504 | 85 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 12,327 | 1:922 | 214 |
| Honduras | 100% | 12,210 | 1:722 | 128 |
| Sudan | 100% | 10,907 | 1:3,466 | 580 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10,724 | 1:919 | 160 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 10,403 | 1:9,378 | 1,403 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9,665 | 1:623 | 112 |
| Denmark | - | 9,428 | 1:599 | 132 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8,690 | 1:616 | 134 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,326 | 1:545 | 123 |
| India | 100% | 7,915 | 1:153,491 | 16,959 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,062 | 1:2,393 | 464 |
| Austria | 100% | 7,040 | 1:1,209 | 220 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,540 | 1:282 | 57 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,436 | 1:741 | 156 |
| Ireland | 100% | 5,882 | 1:789 | 160 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,875 | 1:527 | 118 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 5,705 | 1:1,269 | 317 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5,238 | 1:678 | 127 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,952 | 1:789 | 121 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,320 | 1:667 | 167 |
| Mali | 100% | 4,142 | 1:4,099 | 419 |
| Chad | 100% | 4,140 | 1:3,285 | 470 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,905 | 1:2,708 | 565 |
| Gabon | - | 3,889 | 1:484 | 74 |
| Israel | 100% | 3,508 | 1:2,395 | 487 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,135 | 1:3,665 | 645 |
| Namibia | - | 2,645 | 1:909 | 185 |
| France | 100% | 2,604 | 1:25,526 | 1,054 |
| Bahamas | - | 2,208 | 1:181 | 17 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,116 | 1:275 | 45 |
| Botswana | 100% | 2,073 | 1:1,054 | 175 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 2,068 | 1:11,159 | 1,168 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,856 | 1:9,903 | 1,056 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,645 | 1:12,644 | 1,825 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,609 | 1:2,130 | 298 |
| Gambia | - | 1,538 | 1:1,253 | 228 |
| Portugal | - | 1,504 | 1:6,922 | 491 |
| Togo | - | 1,401 | 1:5,167 | 841 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,375 | 1:957 | 222 |
| Malta | - | 1,346 | 1:319 | 61 |
| Thailand | 91% | 1,317 | 1:53,201 | 5,603 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,301 | 1:70,639 | 3,612 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,035 | 1:58,997 | 1,452 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,008 | 1:30,208 | 2,784 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,007 | 1:1,352 | 255 |
| Suriname | 100% | 954 | 1:579 | 80 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 916 | 1:174,084 | 9,484 |
| Fiji | - | 777 | 1:1,148 | 274 |
| Poland | 100% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Finland | 100% | 668 | 1:8,208 | 739 |
| Vanuatu | - | 663 | 1:395 | 79 |
| Guyana | 100% | 622 | 1:1,227 | 197 |
| Barbados | - | 615 | 1:471 | 108 |
| Swaziland | - | 615 | 1:2,114 | 472 |
| Belize | 100% | 546 | 1:649 | 85 |
| Cuba | - | 476 | 1:24,173 | 1,152 |
| Guinea | - | 462 | 1:25,668 | 1,160 |
| China | - | 442 | 1:3,090,624 | 49,344 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Singapore | 100% | 398 | 1:15,797 | 3,389 |
| Czechia | 99% | 387 | 1:27,535 | 661 |
| Morocco | 100% | 382 | 1:89,918 | 3,081 |
| Romania | 100% | 325 | 1:61,698 | 3,213 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 301 | 1:518 | 152 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 296 | 1:128 | 22 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 277 | 1:701,652 | 14,203 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 247 | 1:444 | 59 |
| Micronesia | - | 234 | 1:455 | 81 |
| Oman | - | 225 | 1:18,261 | 1,628 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 211 | 1:33,896 | 3,226 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 204 | 1:487 | 42 |
| Guam | - | 195 | 1:824 | 170 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 193 | 1:123,159 | 13,488 |
| Jersey | - | 184 | 1:543 | 129 |
| Hong Kong | - | 168 | 1:46,147 | 2,488 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Grenada | 100% | 157 | 1:689 | 115 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 154 | 1:1,155 | 185 |
| Cape Verde | - | 151 | 1:3,504 | 534 |
| Japan | - | 149 | 1:858,967 | 14,128 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 135 | 1:827 | 101 |
| Greece | 100% | 126 | 1:86,782 | 2,479 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Aruba | - | 117 | 1:887 | 174 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 115 | 1:445 | 24 |
| Bermuda | - | 105 | 1:617 | 111 |
| Greenland | - | 99 | 1:569 | 130 |
| Hungary | 100% | 99 | 1:98,907 | 722 |
| Qatar | 100% | 97 | 1:24,429 | 3,465 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 88 | 1:697 | 123 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 87 | 1:61,035 | 812 |
| Dominica | - | 86 | 1:878 | 170 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 80 | 1:686 | 108 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 76 | 1:7,422 | 687 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 74 | 1:664 | 145 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 71 | 1:2,704 | 511 |
| American Samoa | - | 60 | 1:931 | 91 |
| Iceland | 88% | 58 | 1:6,311 | 691 |
| Cambodia | 88% | 56 | 1:290,595 | 7,911 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 56 | 1:620 | 118 |
| Gibraltar | - | 50 | 1:683 | 143 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 49 | 1:97,000 | 118 |
| Guernsey | - | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 46 | 1:1,188 | 244 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 45 | 1:694 | 119 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 42 | 1:48,571 | 5,098 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 39 | 1:6,927 | 846 |
| South Korea | - | 39 | 1:142,165 | 6,254 |
| Croatia | 100% | 38 | 1:110,976 | 2,598 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 36 | 1:24,197 | 1,408 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Turkey | 100% | 36 | 1:2,161,159 | 14,782 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 32 | 1:414 | 18 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Russia | 89% | 26 | 1:5,547,450 | 26,027 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Nauru | 100% | 25 | 1:477 | 54 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 21 | 1:117,084 | 3,073 |
| Andorra | - | 20 | 1:4,144 | 399 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:908 | 143 |
| Afghanistan | 75% | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Monaco | 100% | 18 | 1:2,137 | 433 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| South Sudan | 50% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 14 | 1:6,615,937 | 3,775 |
| Senegal | 100% | 13 | 1:1,121,643 | 9,904 |
| Myanmar | - | 12 | 1:4,329,023 | 1,400 |
| Jordan | 100% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Nepal | - | 9 | 1:3,165,261 | 40,792 |
| Niger | 100% | 9 | 1:2,131,555 | 25,465 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 7 | 1:185,398 | 4,003 |
| Georgia | - | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Bhutan | 67% | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Rúth (19) are calculated separately.
Ruth (59,280) may also be a surname.
Ruth Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a Hebrew name of doubtful etymology. First used as a christian name in England after the Reformation. Ruthe Evans 1589 is the earliest example noted.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Hebrew, but whether ‘trembling’, ‘uniting,’ or, better, ‘beauty’ (or ‘vision of beauty’) we know not. ‘In spite of the touching sweetness of her history, Ruth’s name has never been in vogue, except’—but it is an in portant exception—‘under the influence of our English version of the Bible.’ In later literature Ruth appears in Mrs. Gaskell’s novel of that name, which has, except in its allegory, nothing to do with the Biblical person; in one of Wordsworth’s finest poems (‘... amid the alien corn); and in one of Victor Hugo’s finest, Booz Endormi (‘Pendant qu’il sommeillait, Ruth, une moabite, S’était couchée aux pieds de Booz, le sein nu, Espérant on ne sait quel rayon inconnu, Quand viendrait du reveil la lumiere subite’).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew רוח, Ruth, from r’uth, appearance, vision, fig. beauty.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - A vision (of brightness?).
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Hebrew (feminine) - A vision (of beauty?)
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Rooth, satisfied, filled. A Moabitish female, married to Boaz. See the book of Ruth. Her name is in the genealogy of the Saviour. Matt i. 5.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: satisfied.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: A vision: a friend: beauty.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ruth Forename Popularity
Ruth Demographics
Ruth Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 143,569 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rúth | 92 | 19 | / |
| Ruthe | 89 | 11,306 | / |
| Routh | 89 | 773 | / |
| Rutth | 89 | 180 | / |
| Rudth | 89 | 107 | / |
| Rhuth | 89 | 102 | / |
| Ruith | 89 | 81 | / |
| Rauth | 89 | 76 | / |
| Ruuth | 89 | 53 | / |
| Ruthh | 89 | 52 | / |
| Ruthd | 89 | 45 | / |
| Rruth | 89 | 23 | / |
| Reuth | 89 | 22 | / |
| Rutht | 89 | 17 | / |
| Hruth | 89 | 5 | / |
| Ruyth | 89 | 3 | / |
| Rujth | 89 | 3 | / |
| Rutph | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ruhth | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ruzth | 89 | 2 | / |
| Rutdh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ru'th | 89 | 1 | / |
| R'Uth | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rut | 86 | 81,654 | / |
| Routhe | 80 | 39 | / |
| Rauthe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Raouth | 80 | 26 | / |
| Rahuth | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ruddth | 80 | 9 | / |
| Rutthe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ruthth | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ruithe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Rhouth | 80 | 3 | / |
| Rhuthe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Reuthe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rutthp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruth'e | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruthte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruthtt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Russth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rusths | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ruchth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rudthe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rousth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Routch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Routsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rouzth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rusthe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rute | 75 | 97,529 | / |
| Reut | 75 | 9,459 | / |
| Raut | 75 | 3,113 | / |
| Ruht | 75 | 1,607 | / |
| Rutt | 75 | 1,339 | / |
| Rout | 75 | 1,183 | / |
| Rudh | 75 | 1,112 | / |
| Rust | 75 | 888 | / |
| Ruut | 75 | 783 | / |
| Rhut | 75 | 332 | / |
| Rudt | 75 | 261 | / |
| Ruit | 75 | 91 | / |
| Rutd | 75 | 78 | / |
| Rutë | 75 | 55 | / |
| Hrut | 75 | 8 | / |
| Ruhd | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ruyt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ruzt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Rutp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rrut | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rujt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Geeruth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rausthe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rooth | 67 | 576 | / |
| Ruite | 67 | 535 | / |
| Rutte | 67 | 463 | / |
| Ruddh | 67 | 369 | / |
| Rhute | 67 | 318 | / |
| Rahut | 67 | 287 | / |
| Route | 67 | 174 | / |
| Raute | 67 | 95 | / |
| Ruste | 67 | 95 | / |
| Rushd | 67 | 81 | / |
| Reute | 67 | 65 | / |
| Rohut | 67 | 24 | / |
| Raudh | 67 | 20 | / |
| Rrust | 67 | 15 | / |
| Rucht | 67 | 13 | / |
| Rusht | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rauut | 67 | 8 | / |
| Routt | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rhutt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Raust | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ruudt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hrust | 67 | 4 | / |
| Russt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ruhtt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rhout | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ruyte | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rusts | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ruitt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Roust | 67 | 3 | / |
| Roudh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rauts | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hrout | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hrute | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rouht | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rustt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ruttd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rhuzt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rusdh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rraut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rheut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rujht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruidh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruiht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruzte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rudtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Routs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhuit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhutd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rauzt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruizt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruztt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reudt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wrthu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wrthw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hrthw | 67 | 1 | / |
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