Ruth or Rachel?

[MollyBerry]

Sooo which one?

Rachel is pretty Ruth reminds me of an old woman

Ruth, for it's meaning, though I like both very much.

Ruth is more understated and pretty, I think.

Both good. Although depends which part of the country you are for Ruth. Where I am it would be constantly mispronounced as Roof.

Ruth - there are not many of us!!

Ruth

Rachel, hands down.
Although, if you call her Ruth, she can be Ruthless when she's older

I like both of them.

Although as a PP said, Ruth may be mispronounced as Roof by some people.

Ruth

Ruth - every Ruth I've known has been delightful, both child and adult.
Rachel conjures up mean girls to me, and is slang where I grew up for being a bit tight with money, which puts me off.

ha, I know 2 sisters called Ruth snd Rachel - they are both lovely!

Rachel but Ruth is nice too.

Ruth. It's lovely, and classic.

I'm a Rachael and I love my name, Ruth reminds me of an older person's name (no bias there at all though! )

Ruth

Rachel is lovely. Ruth is a bit too harsh sounding to me.

I prefer Rachel.

Rachel Ruth?

I love Rachel - Ruth I'm not so sure.

I think a lot of it comes down to who you associate the names with - when I was at school I knew a couple of girls called Rachel - they were really popular and cool but not in the 'too cool to be nice' crowd . The only Ruth I knew was an old boss and she was very stern and frumpy - sorry Ruths out there

I'm a Ruth and like it - and am not stern or frumpy - see?

I'm not too keen on Rachel

You're obviously not my ex-boss then

Ruth. Quite like Beth

Rachel.

Ruth is an old ladies name. Not a cool old lady though, one who scowls at her neighbours and shakes her fist at small children.

I have a friend Ruth. She's great. We call her Ruthie.

Not keen on Rachel, sorry.

Both are lovely and underused, but I would always spell it Rachael.

Rachel always ends up as Raaaaach. Not as pretty as Rachel.

I like Ruth.