Names starting with R

The Latvian form of Raymond.

The German form of Raymond.

The Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raymond.

A Lithuanian form of Raymond.

The German feminine form of Raymond.

The Spanish and Portuguese form of Raymond.

Simply from the English word rain, from Old English regn.

A variant of Rein.

An alternate transcription of Bulgarian Райна (see Rayna 1).

A variant of Reynard.

From the English word for the arc of multicoloured light that can appear in a misty sky.

From a surname derived from the Old French nickname reine signifying "queen". A famous bearer was the British socialite Raine Spencer (1929-2016),...

The German form of Rayner.

The Spanish form of Rayner.

The French form of Rayner.

A variant of Raginolf.

Signifies "leader, chief" in Arabic.

Probably a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Herais.

From Yiddish רויז (roiz) signifying "rose".

The feminine form of Rais.

A diminutive of Raisa 2.

The Portuguese form of Herais, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Раиса, Ukrainian Раїса or Belarusian Раіса (see Raisa 1).

Of uncertain meaning. It may be a diminutive of Raimond or may be related to the Old Estonian word raivo signifying "fury, rage".

Signifies "empire, royalty", from Sanskrit राज्य (rājya).

Signifies "hope" in Arabic, from the root رجا (rajā) "to hope, to anticipate".

Signifies "king, ruler", from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

An alternate transcription of Arabic رجاء (see Raja 1).

From the name of the seventh month in the Islamic calendar, from Arabic رجب (rajaba) "respect, awe" [1].

The Swahili form of Rajab.

Signifies "dark, night" in Sanskrit. This is another name for the Hindu goddess Durga.

Signifies "king Rama", from Sanskrit राज (rāja) "king" combined with the name Rama 1. A 17th-century ruler of the Maratha Empire bore this name.

An alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi/Nepali राजीव, Malayalam രാജീവ് or Tamil ராஜிவ் (see Rajiv).

An alternate transcription of Hindi राजेन्द्र (see Rajendra).

Signifies "lord of kings", from Sanskrit राज (rāja) "king" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra, used here to mean "lord". Two 11th-century...

Signifies "ruler of kings" from Sanskrit राज (rāja) "king" and ईश (īśa) "lord, ruler".

The Bengali form of Rajiv.

A variant of Rajendra used by Sikhs.

From Sanskrit राजीव (rājīva) signifying "striped". In Hindu texts, this refers to the blue lotus.

Signifies "hope" in Arabic, from رجا (rajā) "to hope, to anticipate".

The feminine form of Rajko.

From South Slavic raj signifying "paradise".

Signifies "princess" in Sanskrit.

The Polish, Hungarian and Slovene form of Raymond.

An alternate transcription of Hindi रजनीश (see Rajnish).

Signifies "queen" in Sanskrit.

Signifies "lord of the night" from Sanskrit रजनी (rajanī) "night" and ईश (īśa) "lord, ruler". In Hindu texts, this is another name for the moon.

A variant of Raja 2.

An alternate transcription of Arabic رجية (see Rajiya).

The Scandinavian form of Rachel.

Signifies "lord of the full moon" from Sanskrit राका (rākā) "full moon" and ईश (īśa) "lord, ruler".

From a word for a type of ritual wristband, ultimately from Sanskrit रक्ष् (rakṣ) "to protect".

The Hausa form of Ruqayya.

From an English surname derived from a place name signifying either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English. A city in North Carolina...

A variant of Ralph.

The Latvian form of Ralph.

Of unknown meaning.

Signifies "larkspur (flower)" in Bulgarian.

A contracted form of the Old Norse name Ráðúlfr (or its Norman form Radulf). Scandinavian settlers brought it to England before the Norman Conquest, a...

A diminutive of Ralph.

A Romanian diminutive of the Greek name Rallou, of uncertain meaning. It was popularized by actress Rallou Karatza (1778-1870), a daughter of the...