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Meaning of the nameRute

Rute is the Portuguese form of the biblical name Ruth, from Hebrew, probably linked to re'ut, 'friend'.

Meaning

“probably 'friend', from Hebrew”

Source: Wiktionary: Rute · Behind the Name: Ruth

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People (2022)
50,429
Rank in Brazil
#566
Median age
44 years
2010 Census
54,753
people

Rute in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rute, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (8,604 people).

50,174 women 255 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rute is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rute in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Pernambuco 0.037%
  2. Bahia 0.036%
  3. Rondônia 0.034%
  4. Acre 0.030%
  5. São Paulo 0.028%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo12,5030.028%
Bahia5,0400.036%
Minas Gerais4,0020.020%
Rio de Janeiro3,5560.022%
Pernambuco3,3250.037%
Paraná2,9100.025%
Pará2,1030.026%
Ceará1,9680.022%
Santa Catarina1,6660.022%
Rio Grande do Sul1,6180.015%
Goiás1,3960.020%
Maranhão1,3520.020%
Amazonas1,0680.027%
Espírito Santo8600.022%
Rio Grande do Norte8530.026%
Paraíba8340.021%
Mato Grosso7960.022%
Alagoas7820.025%
Distrito Federal6840.024%
Mato Grosso do Sul6100.022%
Rondônia5300.034%
Piauí5290.016%
Sergipe4900.022%
Tocantins3580.024%
Acre2450.030%
Amapá1940.026%
Roraima1570.025%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Rute

Wiktionary records Rute as a female name derived from Hebrew רות, the Portuguese form of Ruth. Behind the Name gives Ruth as probably linked to Hebrew reʿuṯ, 'friend', and cites Rute as the Portuguese form. It is the name of the main character of the Book of Ruth, in the Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 50,429 people named Rute, with a median age of 44. Ruthe is a spelling with TH.

This is the Portuguese-adapted spelling and the most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Rute

SpellingPeople (2022)
Rute50,429
Ruthe7,530

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Rute · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Ruth · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rute · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rute

What does the name Rute mean?

Rute means “probably 'friend', from Hebrew”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Rute in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 50,429 people with the first name Rute, which ranks it number 566 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Rute a boy's or a girl's name?

Rute is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 50,174 women and 255 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rute?

Rute is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rute most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.037% of the state's population is named Rute (3,325 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rute?

Ruthe. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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