What does the name Ruth mean? What is the meaning of the name Ruth?
Meaning of Ruth: Name Ruth in the Hebrew, English, Scandinavian origin, means A woman who is a good friend. Name Ruth is of Hebrew, English, Scandinavian origin and is a Girl name. People with name Ruth are usually by religion.
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Famous people with name Ruth (Namesakes)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (, born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Ruth Westheimer
Ruth Westheimer (born June 4, 1928), better known as Dr.
- Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Elke Lawrence-Neimark (Hebrew: רות אלקה לורנס-נאימרק, born 2 August 1971) is a British–Israeli mathematician and an associate professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher in knot theory and algebraic topology.
- Ruth Buzzi
Ruth Ann Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian, and singer.
- Ruth Madoc
Ruth Madoc (born Ruth Llewellyn 16 April 1943) is a British actress and singer.
- Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl (; born January 16, 1948), is an American chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine.
- Ruth Underwood
Ruth Underwood (born Ruth Komanoff; May 23, 1946) is a musician best known for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone and other percussion instruments in Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
- Ruth Jones
Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones (born 22 September, 1966) is a Welsh actress, writer, and producer.
- Ruth Langsford
Ruth Langsford (born 17 March 1960) is an English television presenter.
- Ruth Pointer
Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American R&B/Soul singer and eldest member of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.
- Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga ( NAY-gə; born 7 January 1982) is an Ethiopian-Irish actress known for the AMC television series Preacher and the film Loving.
- Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress.
- Ruth Madoff
Ruth Madoff (née Alpern; born May 18, 1941) is the wife of Bernie Madoff, the convicted American financial fraudster who is serving a prison sentence for a criminal financial scheme.
- Ruth Bradley
Sharon Ruth Bradley (born 24 January 1987) is an Irish actress.
- Ruth Kearney
- Ruth Connell
Ruth Connell (born 20 April 1979) is a Scottish theatre, television and film actress and producer.
- Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Margaret Cadbury (born 14 May 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth since gaining the seat from the Conservative Party at the 2015 general election.
- Ruth B.
Ruth Berhe (born July 2, 1995), better known by her stage name Ruth B., is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta.
- Ruth Apilado
Ruth Apilado (born Ruth Mosselle Mays; April 30, 1908) is an American newspaper editor, novelist, anti-racism activist, and founder of America's Intercultural Magazine.
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