Ruta

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Also Lithuanian. See comment on Ruta Sepetys.
― sprout  8/20/2024
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Famous bearer: Ruta Sepetys, Lithuanian-American historical fiction writer and winner of the Carnegie Medal. She is known for giving voice to underrepresented history and is the first American writer of YA literature to speak at the European Parliament and NATO.
― BeccyLeader2  1/8/2023
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Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruta_(eesnimi)
― Anonymous User  7/24/2020
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Usages: Hawaiian, Biblical HawaiianPronunciation: ROO-taMeaning: Older Hawaiian form of RUTH, as well it appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.(Information from name #331671 originally submitted by an anonymous user)
― Sofia  5/6/2020
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Maori form of Ruth.
― Sofia  3/18/2016
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Ruta Lee is the only notable I know of bearing this lovely, distinguished, dignified name.
― IEnjoyTonsOGoodNames  5/12/2015
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It's part of my username... I love it!
― Ruta Graveolens  8/13/2014
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Sorry but I see this name and I immediately think "rutabaga". It's also sexual slang in parts of the English-speaking world.
― SandSea  2/4/2010
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Ruta is an ancient name in both Latvia and Lithuania (probably predates Christianity). Latvians give the name two pronunciations, one with a short and the other with a long u. In Lithuania the name also means the flower rue, an evergreen bush with yellow flowers:
(see Wikipedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Ruta
Species
Between 8-40 species, including:
Ruta angustifolia - Egyptian Rue
Ruta chalepensis - Fringed Rue
Ruta corsica - Corsican Rue
Ruta graveolens - Common Rue
Ruta montana - Mountain Rue)Ruta is also the Polynesian form of Ruth.
― darklight  2/19/2008
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