title: Rūta
text: # Rūta
  
  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
  