Ruth (1)

Gender：
Pronounced： [ ROOTH (English), ROOT (German) ]
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Usage：English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Biblical, Biblical Latin

Meaning & History：

From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend". This is the name of the central character in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. She was a Moabite woman who accompanied her mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem after Ruth's husband died. There she met and married Boaz. She was an ancestor of King David.... [more]

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EQUIVALENTS

BIBLICAL GREEK: Routh

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Rut

BIBLICAL LATIN: Ruth

BIBLICAL: Ruth

DANISH: Ruth

DUTCH: Ruth

ENGLISH: Ruth

FINNISH: Ruut

GERMAN: Ruth

HEBREW: Rut

ICELANDIC: Rut

LITHUANIAN: Rūta

NORWEGIAN: Ruth

OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Ruthi

POLISH: Ruta

PORTUGUESE: Rute

RUSSIAN: Ruf

SPANISH: Rut, Ruth

SWEDISH: Rut, Ruth

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Ruthie

OTHER FORMS

ENGLISH: Rue