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I am coming around on Ruth. It was my grandma's middle name (actually a family surname that I think her parents probably used because it was also popular at the time). I don't think it's one I'd ever use, but I enjoy meeting girls and young women named Ruth. (Although I met a 12-year-old Ruth who, unprompted, said she hated her name.)

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Ruth is one of those names that seems like it can only belong to interesting women. I picture an intelligent, beautiful, down-to-earth brunette who cares passionately about some issue(s).

It's a good name. Little used in my (French-speaking) area, due to the "th" ending, really hard for French-speakers. Indeed, I worked with a French-speaking Ruth, who deplored her name, as it was always pronounced "Root".

I think it is beautiful in both sound and meaning. It is also a name with a lot of dignity. It doesn't sound too flowery.

I think it's a great name, I love it. What about these combos:

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Ruth Angelina / Angelica
Ruth Anneliese
Ruth Olivia
Ruth Isabelle / Isabella
Ruth Phoebe
Ruth Emmeline
Ruth Emily
Ruth Estelle
Ruth Willow
Ruth Audrey
Ruth Amelia / Amelie
Ruth Anastasia
Ruth Daisy
Ruth Felicity
Ruth Guinevere
Ruth Gwendolyn
Ruth Georgiana / Georgia
Ruth Hazel
Ruth Jemima
Ruth Joanna
Ruth Josephine
Ruth Keziah
Ruth Liliana / Lillian
Ruth Zelda
Ruth Celeste
Ruth Charlotte
Ruth Eloise
Ruth Violet
Ruth Vanessa
Ruth Veronica
Ruth Bianca
Ruth Natasha / Natalia
Ruth Madeleine
Ruth Matilda
Ruth Miriam
Ruth Michaela

I knew a very cool woman named LaVerne, but I still hate LaVerne.

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I don't like Ruth at all. It needs a long middle name.

Ruth Emmaline
Ruth Emily

I love it!

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Ruth Cordelia
Ruth Marigold
Ruth Audrey
Ruth Scarlett
Ruth Cecilia
Ruth Bronwen
Ruth Morgana
Ruth Diana
Ruth Eleanor
Ruth Felicity
Ruth Harriet
Ruth Isadora
Ruth Juliana
Ruth Katia
Ruth Lucinda
Ruth Melisande
Ruth Nadine
Ruth Octavia
Ruth Primrose
Ruth Seraphina
Ruth Vittoria
Ruth Wilhelmina
Ruth Xanthe
Ruth Zara