How to pronouce Ruth
Ruth ARPAbet pronounciation: R UW1 TH
Ruth IPA pronounciation: ruθ
Ruth
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How to pronouce, type, and say Ruth
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Ruth.
How to spell and type Ruth
Ruth in readable ASCII: ruth
Ruth in hex: ruth
What does Ruth rhyme with?
English words that rhyme with Ruth.
The name Ruth rhymes with:
| bluth | booth | buth | duluth | fruth |
| gluth | guth | huth | kluth | knuth |
| lueth | luth | meuth | muth | pluth |
| puth | rueth | schuth | sleuth | tooth |
| truth | uncouth | untruth | vermouth | wermuth |
| youth |
What does the name Ruth mean?
Literal translations for the name Ruth.
What does Ruth mean in English?
Ruth n 1: United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) [syn: {Ruth}, {Babe Ruth}, {George Herman Ruth}, {Sultan of Swat}] 2: the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament 3: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn: {commiseration}, {pity}, {ruth}, {pathos}] 4: a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died [syn: {Ruth}, {Book of Ruth}]
Where is the name Ruth popular?
See what countries the name Ruth is most popular in.
A person named Ruth is likely from one of the following countries:
- Australia 🇦🇺 (girl)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (girl)
- France 🇫🇷 (girl)
- Germany 🇩🇪 (girl)
- Ireland 🇮🇪 (girl)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (girl)
- Norway 🇳🇴 (girl)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (girl)
- United States 🇺🇸 (girl)
- United States 🇺🇸 (boy)
Can Ruth be a girls name?
See where Ruth is used as a girls name.
Ruth is sometimes used as a girls name in the following countries:
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Can Ruth be a boys name?
See where Ruth is used as a boys name.
Ruth is sometimes used as a boys name in the following countries:
- 🇺🇸 United States
Ruth popularity by country
See how popular Ruth is for boys or girls in 10 country data sets.
In 2011 Ruth was the 513th most popular girls name in Netherlands.
In 2018 Ruth was the 265th most popular girls name in United States.
In 1963 Ruth was the 99th most popular girls name in Canada.
In 1968 Ruth was the 99th most popular girls name in Australia.
In 1935 Ruth was the 15th most popular girls name in Germany.
In 1967 Ruth was the 96th most popular girls name in Norway.
In 2014 Ruth was the 96th most popular girls name in Ireland.
In 1962 Ruth was the 444th most popular girls name in France.
In 2018 Ruth was the 461st most popular girls name in United Kingdom.
In 1939 Ruth was the 884th most popular boys name in United States.
What ethnicity is the name Ruth?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name Ruth.
What ethnicity is someone with the name Ruth likely to be?
- Ruth has a 3.05% chance of being East Asian
- Ruth has a 2.21% chance of being Japanese
- Ruth has a 0.98% chance of being South Asian
- Ruth has a 0.14% chance of being African
- Ruth has a 0.06% chance of being Muslim
- Ruth has a 54.64% chance of being British
- Ruth has a 2.56% chance of being Eastern European
- Ruth has a 10.98% chance of being Jewish
- Ruth has a 0.50% chance of being French
- Ruth has a 3.82% chance of being Germanic
- Ruth has a 1.78% chance of being Hispanic
- Ruth has a 2.53% chance of being Italian
- Ruth has a 16.74% chance of being Nordic
Ruth Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Ruth.
What is the most common profile of a person named Ruth
Someone with the name Ruth was most likely born in 1947.
Someone with the name Ruth is most likely to be female.
Someone with the name Ruth is most likely from this generation: Baby Boomers.
What names are similar to the name Ruth?
Find similar names to Ruth.
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- Ruthalee
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- Ruthanna
- Ruthanne
- Ruthard
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- Ruthel
- Ruthell
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- Ruthelle
- Ruthellen
- Ruthelma
- Ruthena
- Ruthene
- Ruther
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- Ruthetta
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- Ruthford
- Ruthi
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