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I appreciate Ruth, but I cannot warm to it enough to say I truly like it. I like the more bizarre Truth, with the nickname of Ruthie, though.

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Ruth Emmaline is adorable, it's so wholesome and sweet.

It's a nice enough name, but I would never use it. I think it sounds better as a middle name.

I really like! My grandmothers name is Ruth and might use it as a middle name for any future children.

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I like Ruthie better than Ruth. Do you think Ruthie would be too childish as a given name? She could go by Ruth when she is older, haha.

I love Ruth, it's always been a favourite and one-syllable names are great. Also agree that Ruthie is cute. :)

I realize Ruth is one of those names that is becomming fashionable again and I agree it is understated, but it still sounds stern to me. For that reason, I don't like it. Sure Ruthie is cute, but almost any thing sounds cute with "ie" tacked on the end.

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If I was going for understated, I would rather use Mary, Martha, Anne, Clair or Nora.

I love Ruth. I have an aunt and cousins with the name. Ruthie is very cute.

No, I wouldn't use Ruth, simply because it's ugly and I hate it. Ruthie isn't any better.

I rather like Ruth. I think that if I were to use it, I'd most likely use it as a middle name...the nickname Ruthie isn't tempting me to use it, however.

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I really like Ruth Eliza, Ruth Emmaline and Ruth Susannah. I also think that Ruth Heloise, Ruth Francesca, Ruth Adelaide, and Ruth Magdalene work well too.

It's a very lovely name that I think is deserving of a comeback. I don't think I would use it because there was a very crotchety old Aunt Ruth in my family that hated my dad. :/ The name is very nice, though, and it does have a graceful and understated feel to it.

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Ruth Adeline -- Nice, but I think I prefer Adeline Ruth
Ruth Ellen -- Meh. I've never really liked Ellen.
Ruth Eliza -- This is lovely! Either Ruth Eliza or Eliza Ruth would be very sweet.
Ruth Emily* -- I love this. Emily is a great name... in the MN spot.
Ruth Emmaline -- I'd use Emmeline over Emmaline, but this is graceful and sweet.
Ruth Keturah -- Not sure I like the flow on this one, for some reason.
Ruth Susannah -- Ditto. I think it's the double "oo" sound that bothers me.

to me, by itself ruth seems too old. ruthie is cute though!

While I adore Ruthie, I dislike Ruth so much that I would actually be tempted to use Ruthie on its own. Btw, I think Jack & Ruthie make a nice sibset. Ruthie should have a mature middle name though.

This message was edited 8/4/2009, 10:35 AM

I like the name Ruth. Very classic. I know a sibset of Ruth "Ruthie" and Miriam. How cute is that?

I do think Ruth nn Ruthie is adorable, and would be so sweet on a little girl. I'd totally use it, if it wasn't my grandma's name (I still want to honour her, but using her birthstone (Opal) instead, in the interest of avoiding World War 3 in my family and having to use a name I don't like. It's happened before. Plus, it's been done- my sisters midlle name is Ruth. My cousin Emily is also named after her)

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My Grandma is Ruth Emma, so Ruth Emily and Ruth Emmaline made me smile.

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Ruth Adeline and Ruth Emmaline are both really nice. I like Keturah, but it sounds awkward paired with Ruth, as does Emily.

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Other ides:
Ruth Adelaide
Ruth Esther
Ruth Louisa
Ruth Eloise / Eloisa
Ruth Vivienne
Ruth Jemima
Ruth Anneliese
Ruth Anastasia
Ruth Hermione
Ruth Cecily
Ruth Verity
Ruth Evangeline
Ruth Elizabeth
Ruth Genevieve
Ruth Sophia
Ruth Keziah

This was my mom's name. She didn't like it, and always complained that it rhymed with tooth.

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I love it. Not only does it have wonderful personal associations for me, but it does legitimately fit into your understated theme.

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It may well be the dawning of a Ruth era. It was extremely popular around the time my mom was born, which was 1910, believe it or not. It was so popular, in fact, that there were 4 other Ruths in my mom's small college, so she went by her last name.

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Anyway, given that it has reached the 100-year or so turnaround time, I believe it is ready for revival. There have to be a lot of people out there with a Ruth in their family history, or even in their memories of a grandmother or great-grandmother. Hence, ripe for revival.