The ruthven Surname
ruthven Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name, traditionally pronounced ‘Ri-ven’,
from any of various places in Scotland so named, especially one near
Perth and one in Inverness-shire. The place is named either in Gaelic
(ruadh ‘red’ + mhaighin ‘place’) or with a cognate of
Welsh rhudd faen ‘red stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Ruthven | Jackie Fiese | 12 |
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| John Lovie/Cargill |
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| James Ruthven from Edinburgh |
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| searching for Ruthven link in Scotland |
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| eliza ruthven | sm | 4 |
| Ethelma "Emma" Ruthven -NY/PA |
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