Ruta Family History
Ruta Name Meaning
Italian (Piedmont and Liguria) and Polish: from ruta ‘rue’ used as a topographic name for someone who lived where there was an abundance of rue or perhaps as a metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or herbalist or perhaps as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the plant the sap and foliage of which contain a strong irritant. Italian (Piedmont and Liguria): habitational name from Ruta in Genova province.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022