Given name
Rūta
“rue”
Rūta is a feminine given name from Lithuanian, meaning “rue.” It is used in Latvian and Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Rūta’s family of names
In German usage, Rūta has a related form in Ruth. In Lithuanian usage, Rūta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ruth.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Rūta has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Lithuanian roots to each of them.
1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rūta
- Rūta MeilutytėLithuanian swimmer (born 1997)
- Ruta GedmintasEnglish actressborn 1983
- Rūta PaškauskienėLithuanian table tennis playerborn 1977
- Rūta VanagaitėLithuanian writer (born 1955)
- Rūta LasmaneLatvian athletics competitorborn 2000
- Rūta Gajauskaitėfigure skaterborn 1989
- Rūta StaliliūnaitėSoviet actor (1938-2011)
- Rūta ŠčiogolevaitėLithuanian singerborn 1981
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