Name Ruth

There are multiple origins and translations for the hugely popular name Ruth:

1. Hebrew (רות) means - "faithful she-companion". The name comes from the "Book of Ruth".

2. Derived from the Latin word rufus means - "red".

Ruth - famous Biblical Righteous, the main character in the "Book of Ruth". Her life belongs to the last years of the troubled period of the Judges.

Ruth was a Moabitess, who married into the Hebrew family of Elimelech and Naomi, took her religion and moved with her from Moab to Bethlehem where they settled. Righteousness and beauty of a young Ruth was the reason that she became the wife of noble Boaz, and became the great-grandmother of king David.