as a Last Name
- 16,620
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Ruth
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English reuthe ‘pity’ (a derivative of rewen to pity, Old English hrēowan) nickname for a charitable person or for a pitiable one. The personal name Ruth was little used in England in the Middle Ages among non-Jews, and is unlikely to have had any influence on the surname.
| 2,218th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Rutherford, Roth, Rath, Rothe, Ruther, Ruthven, Ruthenberg, Rathe, Ruthruff, Ruthrauff
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,620
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Ruth per capita
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