Rutt is a both a given name and surname. As a given name, it is most commonly found in Estonia and is a feminine name, a cognate of

Ruth Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ark ...

, with the

name day In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...

being 4 January. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bevan Rutt Walter Bevan Charles Rutt OBE (24 January 1916 – 12 January 1988) was a South Australian architect and philanthropist, a prominent worker for the Guide Dogs Association of Australia. Biography Rutt was born in Adelaide, the only son of Charles ...

(1916–1988), Australian architect and philanthropist * Chris L. Rutt (1859–1936), American journalist and newspaper editor *

John Towill Rutt John Towill Rutt (4 April 1760 – 3 March 1841) was an English political activist, social reformer and nonconformist man of letters. Life Born in London on 4 April 1760, he was only son of George Rutt, at first a druggist in Friday Street, Chea ...

(1760–1841), English social reformer *

Richard Rutt Cecil Richard Rutt CBE (27 August 1925 – 27 July 2011) was an English Roman Catholic priest and a former Anglican bishop. Rutt spent almost 20 years of his life serving as an Anglican missionary in South Korea, a country for which he develo ...

(1925–2011), English Anglican missionary and Roman Catholic priest *

Nanny Rutt Nanny Rutt is a character in a cautionary tale associated with Nanny Rutt's well, an artesian spring in Math Wood, near Northorpe, in the parish of Thurlby, Lincolnshire. The story goes that a named girl went into the wood, to the well and disapp ...

, a fictional character * Rutt, a character from Disney's ''

Brother Bear ''Brother Bear'' is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker and produced by Chuck Williams, f ...

'' Notable people with the given name include: * (1946–2023), Estonian literary scholar and critic *

Rutt Šmigun Rutt Šmigun (until 1975 Rehemaa; born 4 May 1954) is an Estonian cross-country skier. She was born in Tartu. She began her skiing career in 1961, coached by Agnes Nopasson, and later Herbert Abel Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (music ...

(born 1954), Estonian cross-country skier

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