Ruth

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Ruth is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "friend" or "companion," widely used in English-speaking countries.

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Label Occurrences
Ruth canonical 25

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew given name
feminine given name
given name
appearsIn Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
associatedWith Book of Ruth NERFINISHED
biblicalName true
category English feminine given names
Hebrew feminine given names
Jewish given names
biblical feminine given names
theophany-associated names through biblical narrative
culturalUsage Christian communities
Jewish communities
etymologyFrom Hebrew name Rut
Hebrew word re‘ut
gender feminine
hasDiminutive Ruthie NERFINISHED
Ruthy NERFINISHED
hasMeaning companion
friend
hasOrigin Hebrew language NERFINISHED
hasScriptForm רוּת NERFINISHED
hasVariant Rut NERFINISHED
Rute NERFINISHED
isShortFormOf no common longer form
namedAfter Ruth (biblical figure) NERFINISHED
nameDayInSomeCountries various Christian feast days
nameType theophoric-free biblical name
popularityPeakPeriod early 20th century in the United States
script Hebrew script
semanticField companionship
friendship
loyalty
spelling R-u-t-h NERFINISHED
syllableCount one
usedInLanguage Dutch
English
French
German
Portuguese
Scandinavian languages
Spanish
Yiddish
wasTopTenNameIn United States NERFINISHED

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruth Warrick givenName Ruth
Ruth Jones givenName Ruth
Ruth Howland givenName Ruth
Ruth Rogers givenName Ruth
Ruth Charney givenName Ruth
Ruth Arnon givenName Ruth
Ruth Hubbard givenName Ruth
Ruth Porat givenName Ruth
Ruth Dayan givenName Ruth
Ruth Hampden givenName Ruth
Ruth Hussey givenName Ruth
Ruth M. Davis (Ruth Nitze) hasGivenName Ruth
subject surface form: Ruth M. Davis
archaeologist Ruth Shady givenName Ruth
subject surface form: Ruth Shady
Ruth Shady givenName Ruth
Ruth Nelson givenName Ruth