Rūta is a common Lithuanian and Latvian female given name. People with the given name include: * Rūta Bunkutė (born 1979), fitness competitor * Rūta Gajauskaitė (born 1989), Lithuanian figure skater * Ruta Gerulaitis (born 1955), American tennis player * Rūta Jokubonienė (1930–2010), Lithuanian textile artist * Rūta Meilutytė (born 1997), Lithuanian swimmer * Rūta Paškauskienė (born 1977), Lithuanian table tennis player * Rūta Ščiogolevaitė-Damijonaitienė (born 1981), Lithuanian singer * Rūta Šepetys (born 1967), Lithuanian-American writer * Rūta Skujiņa (1907–1964), Latvian poet * Rūta Vanagaitė (born 1955), Lithuanian theatre critic, writer, journalist and historian

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