What is the meaning of the name Ruth?

The meaning of the name Ruth is "friend, companion". The origin of the name is "Hebrew". The name Ruth is mostly used as a girls name.

Right pronunciation of Ruth

\r(u)-th\

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Ruth is a very popular first name for girls (#19) and also really popular as a last name (#2250). Users of our site ranked the name with a 1.0 (1 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this girls name above or write a comment on the name Ruth.

How popular is the name Ruth?

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The year 1920 was for Ruth a very good year. In that year there were 25555 births with the name Ruth. Find out if Ruth is in the top 100 girls names 1920 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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