Ruth
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The name Ruth can refer to:
- The Book of Ruth, one of the books of the Hebrew Bible.
- Ruth, an archhangel appearing in the Marvel Comics Ghost Rider series.
- Baby Ruth, a candy bar.
- Babe Ruth, nickname of the famed baseball player George Herman Ruth.
- Ruth, a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.
- A female first name meaning friend, companion, from Hebrew "re'ut (רְעוּת)".
- A family name meaning compassion, pity, from the old english verb "to rue" ("to feel sorrow/pity").
- Citizen Ruth is a 1996 motion picture about the abortion issue in US.
- Ruth is a dragon in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern novels.
- Ruth Simmons, 18th President of Brown University, is affectionately referred to as "Ruth" by many students.
- Ruth is a band out of Vancouver, Washington.
- Ruth (lunar crater) on the Moon
- Ruth (crater on Venus) on the planet Venus