Ruth

רוּת

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Biblical English
• Meaning: friendship

• Ruth is one of the great heroines of the Hebrew Bible, a Moabite woman who chose to stay with her mother-in-law Naomi and embrace the Jewish people with the immortal words, where you go, I will go. Her story of radical loyalty, faith, and chosen belonging has resonated for millennia and makes this name especially meaningful for families with a conversion story of their own. After a few decades of resting quietly, Ruth is stepping back into the spotlight with serious momentum.

  The ultimate comeback wave is here, and parents who want a name that sounds both wise and warm are leading the charge. The legendary Ruth Bader Ginsburg turned it into a byword for fierce, tireless justice, and that association only makes it stronger. A name that a toddler can own and a Supreme Court justice already has — Ruth is unbeatable.

• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Rut
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Miriam
  ,
  Hannah
  ,
  Isaac
  ,
  Joel
• Theme: love