Rut is both a surname and a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include:

Rut Bízková (born 1957), former Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic

Rut Brandt (1920–2006), German writer

Rut Bryk (1916–1999), Finnish ceramist

Rut Berglund (1897–1984), Swedish opera singer

Rut Carballido Lopez, Spanish-born microbiologist

Rut Hillarp (1914–2003), Swedish poet and novelist

Rut Holm (1900–1971), Swedish film actress

Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir (born 1990), Icelandic handballer

Rut Rutka Laskier (1929–1943), Jewish Polish diarist and Holocaust victim

Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967), German photographer

Rut Wermuth (born 1928), Jewish German Holocaust survivor

John Rut (fl. 1512–1528), English mariner

Tadeusz Rut (1931–2002), Polish hammer and discus thrower

See also

Nicolaes Ruts (1573-1638), merchant whose portrait was painted by Rembrandt

German feminine given names

Feminine given names

Rut (name)