Names Categorized "leadership"

Osweald is the Old English form of Oswald. Derived from the elements ōs "god" and weald "power", it is cognate with Old Norse Ásvaldr. The name was recorded in Anglo-Saxon England, notably in the late 9th century transla...

Prince is an English first name derived directly from the royal title, which itself comes from the Latin princeps, meaning 'first, foremost, chief'. The title entered English via Old French prince. As a given name, Princ...

Queen is a given name and surname with roots in the English language, ultimately derived from Old English cwen, meaning "woman, wife." Over time, the word evolved to refer specifically to a female monarch, but as a perso...

Rais is an Arabic masculine name meaning "leader, chief" (from root raʾs, "head"). The title raʾīs (Arabic: رئيس) has pre-Islamic origins and is used across the Arab world and beyond, often as an honorific (laqab) in per...

Renaud is a French masculine given name, derived as a form of Reynold. Its Germanic roots tie it to names like Reginald, composed of elements meaning 'advice' or 'power' and 'rule'. The name is especially prominent in me...

Rey is usually a Spanish short form of Reynaldo. It also coincides with the Spanish vocabulary word rey meaning “king.”Etymology and BackgroundThe name Rey traces its roots through Reynaldo back to the Germanic name Ragi...

Reynaud is a French variant of Renaud, ultimately derived from the Germanic elements ragin (advice, counsel) and wald (rule, power). As a given name, it is less common than its root form but has a notable presence in Fre...

Rhydderch is a Welsh masculine given name with ancient roots. It originates from the Old Welsh Riderch, which is itself composed of two uncertain elements: the first may be rhy meaning "great, highest, excessive" or rhi...

Richard is a masculine given name that means "brave ruler", derived from the Old German elements rih "ruler, king" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". It was introduced to England by the Normans after the 11th-century i...

Roderick is a Germanic name meaning "famous ruler", derived from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and rih "ruler, king". It has cognates in many ancient Germanic languages, including Gothic (Hroþireiks), Old High Ger...

Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Galician form of Roderick, via the Latinized Gothic form Rudericus. The name derives from the Old German elements hruod meaning "fame" and rih meaning "ruler, king", thus car...

Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. Traditionally a male name, it has been used increasingly for both boys and girls since the 1970s. It derives from a common Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó R...

Shehu is a West African masculine given name and title of honor, primarily among the Hausa-speaking peoples of Nigeria and Niger. Borrowed from the Arabic شيخ (shaykh), the name fundamentally means "elder, chief" or "she...

Sultan is a unisex name of Arabic origin, derived from the Arabic word sulṭān, meaning "ruler," "king," or "sultan." In religious and historical contexts, the term referred to a position of authority and power, often imp...

Meaning Sultana is the feminine form of the Arabic title and name Sultan, meaning "ruler, king, sultan." In Arabic and other Islamic cultures, Sultan is primarily masculine, but the feminine form Sultana is used as a giv...

Vlad is a Romanian masculine given name, also used in Russian and Ukrainian, typically as a short form of Vladislav and other names beginning with the Slavic element volděti (Church Slavic vladati) meaning "to rule, to c...

Etymology and OriginsWalter is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, derived from the elements walt meaning "power, authority" and heri meaning "army", thus signifying "power of the army". The name has ancient roots...