📖 About Ruthe
Ruthe is an archaic spelling of Ruth, the beloved Hebrew name meaning 'companion' or 'friend'; it honours the biblical Moabite woman whose loyalty to her mother-in-law became immortal — 'Where you go I will go' — and who became great-grandmother of King David.
📍 Details
- OriginHebrew
- Gender♀ Female
- MeaningVariant of Ruth. Companion, friend
🔀 Variants & Related Names
⭐ Famous People
- Ruth (Biblical Moabite) — The heroine of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible; a Moabite woman celebrated for her loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi, whose words 'Where you go I will go' have become one of the most quoted expressions of devotion in world literature; she became great-grandmother of King David.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg — American jurist (1933-2020) who served as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1993 until her death; a pioneering advocate for gender equality and women's rights, she became a cultural icon known as 'RBG' and was only the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court.
- Babe Ruth — American baseball player (1895-1948), born George Herman Ruth; widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time; his 714 career home runs, charismatic personality, and outsized life story made him the defining figure of American sport in the 20th century.
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala — German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (1927-2013) who won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay twice, for A Room with a View (1986) and Howards End (1992); her novels about India, where she lived for many years, are among the finest literary treatments of that country by a Western writer.
- Ruth Rendell — British crime novelist (1930-2015), Baroness Rendell of Babergh, author of over 60 novels including the Inspector Wexford series; considered one of the greatest crime writers of the 20th century, praised for her psychological depth and social insight.