Ruth (name)
Ruth (also: Rut , Ruthy ) is a female first name and family name .
etymology
For the Hebrew personal name רוּת rût , German 'Rut', there are various attempts at derivation. Johann Jakob Stamm derives the name from the verb root, based on Hans Bruppacherרוה rwh , German 'to drink enough' and translates the name as 'Tränkung / refreshment / refreshment'. Stamm compares this to the Hebrew personal namesבְּאֵרִי bə'erî , German 'Beeri' "my fountain" andבְּאֵרָ֣ה bə'erāh , German 'Beera' "small fountain".
Another possibility is the derivation from the Hebrew noun רְעוּת rə'ût , German 'friend / companion / friendship' .
The protagonist of the biblical book of the same name is written in the form of Ruth in accordance with Loccum's guidelines . The Septuagint gives the name as Ρουθ Rūth , the Vulgate as Ruth .
Spread first name
The popularity of the name Ruth increased in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. In the late 1920s and early 1930s it was among the top ten most common girl names a few times. Then its popularity slowly declined. One reason was certainly the ban on the use of “Jewish” first names in the Third Reich. The name has been rather uncommon since the early eighties.
variant
- Rūta , Lithuanian
name day
- The Catholic name day is September 1st .
- Evangelical: July 16 on the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod calendar
- Orthodox: penultimate Sunday in Advent
Name bearers first name
- Ruth, the Moabite , in the Old Testament of the Bible; see Book of Ruth
- Ruth Beckmann (* 1925), German politician
- Ruth Berghaus (1927–1996), German choreographer, opera and theater director
- Ruth Beutler (1897–1959), German zoologist
- Ruth Bunkenburg (1922–2015), German actress, writer and radio play speaker
- Ruth Dirx (1913–1994), German author
- Ruth Dreifuss (* 1940), Swiss politician
- Ruth Drexel (1930–2009), German actress
- Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), German-Austrian politician and publicist
- Ruth Flowers , real name of the British DJane Mamy Rock (1931-2014)
- Ruth Grung (* 1959), Norwegian politician
- Ruth Kaps (* 1968), German rower
- Ruth Kiener-Flamm (1924–2000), German artist
- Ruth Kisch-Arndt (1898–1975), German-American concert singer
- Ruth Klüger (* 1931), American writer and literary scholar
- Ruth Maria Kubitschek (* 1931), German actress
- Ruth Kurth , pseudonym of the publicist Peter Udelhoven (* 1944)
- Ruth Leuwerik (1924–2016), German film actress
- Ruth Megary (* 1923), German singer, actress, emcee and copywriter
- Ruth Metzler-Arnold (* 1964), Swiss Federal Councilor (CVP)
- Ruth Mönch (1926–2000), German actress, singer and presenter
- Ruth von Mosbach-Lindenfels , abbess of the Himmelkron monastery around the end of the 14th century
- Ruth Moschner (* 1976), German television presenter
- Ruth Nussbaum (1911–2010), German-American publicist, translator and Rebbetzin
- Ruth Petitjean-Plattner (1949), Swiss author of children's books
- Ruth Picardie (1964–1997), British journalist
- Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891–1976), American children's author
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013), British writer and screenwriter
- Ruth Rehmann (1922–2016), German writer
- Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), British crime novelist
- Rut Rex-Viehöver (* 1931), German singer and actress
- Ruth Ryste (* 1932), Norwegian politician
- Ruth Schaumann (1899–1975), German poet, poet, sculptor and draftsman
- Ruth Schönthal (1924–2006), German-American composer
- Rut Speer (1936–2019), German journalist and television presenter
- Ruth Stephan (1925–1975), German actress and cabaret artist
- Ruth Stöbling (* 1938), German translator and interpreter
- Ruth Westheimer (* 1928), German-American sex therapist and non-fiction author
- Ruth Ziesak (* 1963), German opera and lied singer
Name bearer family name
- Andreas Ruth (* 1970), German athlete
- Babe Ruth (1895-1948) American baseball player
- Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), American politician
- Elsa Lüthi-Ruth (1909–2005), Swiss nurse
- Emil Ruth (1809–1869), German Romanist and Italianist
- Friedrich Ruth (1927–2016), German diplomat
- Gregory Ruth (born 1939), American wrestler
- Isabel Ruth (* 1940), Portuguese actress
- Janna Ruth (* 1986), German author and translator
- Karl Ruth (1907–1937), German resistance fighter
- Lewis Ruth (1889–1941), German musician and band leader
- Mac Ruth (* 1967), American sound mixer
- Maximilian Ruth (lawyer) (around 1802–1873), German lawyer
- Maximilian Ruth (athlete) (* 1994), German athlete
- Nancy Ruth (* 1942), Canadian politician
- Robert Ruth (1936–2018), American actor
- Roy Del Ruth (1893–1961), American film director
- Rudolf Ruth (1888–1942), German lawyer, legal historian and university professor
- Thomas Del Ruth (* 1942), American cameraman
See also
- Ruth (disambiguation)
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Jakob Stamm: Hebräische Frauennamen , in: Contributions to Hebrew and ancient oriental names , Freiburg / Göttingen 1980, OBO 30, pp. 97–135, 121
- ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"