Rūta
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Lithuanian Rūta (“rue”).
Proper noun
[edit]Rūta f
- a female given name
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Rūta was the only given name of 1966 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From rūta (“rue”), the national plant of Lithuania.
Proper noun
[edit]Rūta f
- a female given name
Etymology 2
[edit]From Hebrew.
Proper noun
[edit]Rūta f
- Ruth (Biblical figure)
- a female given name of biblical origin
Categories:
- Latvian terms derived from Lithuanian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- Lithuanian given names
- Lithuanian female given names
- Lithuanian terms derived from Hebrew
- lt:Biblical characters