Names starting with R

Signifies "beautiful, attractive" in Persian.

Signifies "to gaze, to look intently" in Arabic.

From the Sanskrit title राणा (rāṇā) signifying "king".

An alternate transcription of Persian رعنا (see Ra'na).

An Anglicized form of Raghnall.

A possible Gothic form of Ramiro.

A short form of Randolf and other names beginning with Rand. As a surname (also derived from Randolf), it was used as a pen name by the Russian-Americ...

Signifies "scented tree" in Arabic.

A variant of Randall.

Derived from an English surname that originates from the medieval given name Randel.

A medieval diminutive of Randolf and other names beginning with the Germanic element rant "rim (of a shield)".

A variant of Randall.

A diminutive of Miranda.

A modern form of the Old Norse name Ragnfríðr, from regin "advice, counsel" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved".

From the Old German elements rant "rim (of a shield)" and wolf "wolf". The Normans brought this name to England, where an Old Norse cognate Randúlfr a...

A variant of Randolf. This spelling was adopted in the 18th century.

The Old German form of Randolf.

The Old Norse form of Randolf.

A diminutive of Randall, Randolf or Miranda.

Signifies "sky" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology, Rangi or Ranginui was the sky god and husband of the earth goddess Papa. They were...

Signifies "peaceful, calm" in Maori.

From Sanskrit राणी (rāṇī) signifying "queen".

From Hebrew רַן (ran) signifying "to sing".

An alternate transcription of Arabic رانية (see Raniya).

The Italian form of Rayner.

Possibly related to the Arabic root رنا (ranā) signifying "to gaze, to look intently".

A short form of Ranjit.

Signifies "colouring, pleasing, delighting" in Sanskrit.

The feminine form of Ranjan.

An alternate transcription of Hindi रणजीत or रंजीत, Marathi रणजित or रणजीत or Bengali রঞ্জিত (see Ranjit).

From Sanskrit रञ्जित (rañjita) signifying "coloured, pleased, delighted". Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the founder of a Sikh kingdom encompassing most...

The feminine form of Ranko.

From Slavic ranŭ signifying "early".

The Uzbek form of Ra'na.

The Finnish form of Franciscus (see Francis).

A medieval English form of Raginolf. Norman settlers and invaders introduced this name to England and Scotland.

A variant of Ranulf.

An alternate transcription of Arabic رانية (see Raniya).

An alternate transcription of Arabic رؤوف (see Rauf).

The French form of Radulf (see Ralph).

The French form of Raphael.

From the Hebrew name רָפָאֵל (Rafaʾel) signifying "God heals", from רָפָא (rafa) "to heal" and אֵל (ʾel) "God". In Hebrew tradition, Raphael is an...

The feminine form of Raphael.

The French feminine form of Raphael.

From the name of an edible plant. A long-haired young woman locked in a tower bears this name in an 1812 German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers...

The Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel. This name rose on the American charts in the late 1960s after the actress Raquel Welch (1940-2023)...

Of uncertain meaning, possibly from Romanian rar signifying "sparse, rare". Petru Rareș, a 16th-century ruler of Moldavia, bore this name, which was...

Signifies "dew" in Lithuanian and Latvian.

A variant of Rachelle.

The Bengali form of Rasul.

Signifies "young gazelle" in Arabic.

Signifies "good sense, good guidance" in Arabic, from the root رشد (rashada) "to be on the right path".

A combination of the prefix ra with the name Shaun.

A combination of the prefix ra with the name Shawn.

An alternate transcription of Arabic راشد (see Rashid).

An alternate transcription of Arabic رشيد or Urdu رشید (see Rashid).

Signifies "rightly guided" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition, الرشيد (al-Rashīd) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

The feminine form of Rashid.

An alternate transcription of Tatar Рәшит (see Räşit).

From Sanskrit रश्मि (raśmi) signifying "ray of sunlight, rope, cord".