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