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RE   m   Egyptian Mythology
Variant spelling of RA

READ   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of REED.

REAGAN   f & m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin meaning "descendent of Riagán"... [more]

REAH   f   ?
Variant of RHEA

RÉAMANN   m   Irish
Irish form of RAYMOND

REANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of RHIANNA

REANNON   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RHIANNON

REARDEN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of RÓRDÁN

REBA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

REBECA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of REBECCA

RÉBECCA   f   French
French form of REBECCA

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBECCAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REBECCA

REBECCANNE   f   English (Rare)
Combination of REBECCA and ANNE (1)

REBECKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of REBECCA

REBECKAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REBECCA

REBEKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of REBECCA

REBEKAH   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Form of REBECCA used in some versions of the Bible.

REBEKKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian form of REBECCA

RED   m   English
From the English word, ultimately derived from Old English read... [more]

REDD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of RED

REDMOND   m   Irish
Anglicized form of RÉAMANN

REDMUND   m   Irish
Anglicized form of RÉAMANN

REECE   m   Welsh
Anglicized form of RHYS

REED   m   English
From an English surname which comes from multiple sources, including Old English read meaning "red" (originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion) and Old English ried meaning "clearing" (given to a person who lived in a clearing in the woods).

REENA   f   Indian
Variant of transcription of RINA (3)

REENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RENÉE

REENIE   f   English (Rare)
Either a variant of RENÉE or a diminutive of names ending in reen.

REES   m   Welsh
Anglicized form of RHYS

REESE   m   Welsh
Anglicized form of RHYS

REETA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of MARGARET

REETTA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of MARGARET

REFILWE   m & f   Southern African
Means "we were given" in Tswana.

REG   m   English
Short form of REGINALD

REGAN   f   English
Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin... [more]

REGANA   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of REGAN, influenced by REGINA.

REGENA   f   English
Variant of REGINA

REGGIE   m   English
Diminutive of REGINALD

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

REGINALD   m   English
From Reginaldus, a Latinized form of REYNOLD

RÉGINE   f   French
French form of REGINA

REGINE   f   German
German form of REGINA

RÉGIS   m   French
From a surname meaning "ruler" in Provençal... [more]

REGULA   f   German
Feminine form of Regulus (see RÉGULO)... [more]

RÉGULO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Roman cognomen Regulus, which meant "rule" in Latin... [more]

REHOBOAM   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name רֵחַבְעָם (Rechav'am) meaning "he enlarges the people"... [more]

REI   f   Japanese
From Japanese "bell" or "lovely".

REID   m   English
From a surname which is a variant of REED.

REIJO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of GREGORY

REILLY   m & f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which is derived from the given name Raghailleach, meaning unknown.

REIMA   m   Finnish
Finnish form of RAYMOND

REIMUND   m   German
German form of RAYMOND

REIN   m   German
Short form of German names beginning with Rein, which is usually from the Germanic element ragin "advice, counsel".

REINA (1)   f   Spanish
Means "queen" in Spanish.

REINA (2)   f   Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish רֵײן (rein) meaning "clean, pure"... [more]

REINALDO   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of REYNOLD

REINE   f   French
Means "queen" in French.

REINER   m   German
German form of RAYNER

REINHARD   m   German
German cognate of REYNARD

REINHILD   f   German
Variant of REINHILDE

REINHILDE   f   German
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements regin "advice" and hild "battle".

REINHOLD   m   German
German cognate of REYNOLD

REINIER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of RAYNER

REINO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of REYNOLD

REINOUT   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of REYNOLD

REKO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of GREGORY

REMBRANDT   m   Dutch
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements regin "advice" and brand "sword"... [more]

REMEDIOS   f   Spanish
Means "remedies" in Spanish... [more]

REMEI   f   Catalan
Means "remedy" in Catalan.

RÉMI   m   French
Variant of RÉMY

REMIEL   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Means "mercy of God" in Hebrew... [more]

REMIGIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Remigius (see RÉMY).

REMO   m   Italian
Italian form of REMUS

REMUS   m   Roman Mythology, Romanian
Meaning unknown... [more]

RÉMY   m   French
French form of the Roman cognomen Remigius, which was derived from Latin remigis "oarsman"... [more]

REN   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese "lotus" or "romance, love".

RENA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of RENÉ

RENAE   f   English
English variant of RENÉE

RENARD   m   French (Rare), Polish (Rare)
French and Polish form of REYNARD... [more]

RENÁTA   f   Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak feminine form of RENATUS

RENATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS

RENATE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch feminine form of RENATUS

RENATO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RENATUS

RENATUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "born again".

RENAUD   m   French
French form of REYNOLD... [more]

RENÉ   m   French, German, Slovak, Czech
French form of RENATUS... [more]

RENÉE   f   French, Dutch
French feminine form of RENÉ

RENEE   f   English
English form of RENÉE

RENIE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive of RENEE

RENITA   f   English
Probably a feminine form of RENATUS... [more]

RENZO   m   Italian
Short form of LORENZO

RESHMI   f   Indian
Means "silk" in Hindi.

RETHA   f   English
Short form of MARGARETHA

RETO   m   German
Means "of Rhaetia"... [more]

REUBEN   m   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "behold, a son" in Hebrew... [more]

REUEL   m   Biblical
Means "friend of God" in Hebrew... [more]

REUT   f   Jewish
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

REUVEN   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of REUBEN

REVA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit... [more]

REX   m   English
From Latin rex "king"... [more]

REXANA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REXANNE

REXANNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of of ROXANE influenced by REX.

REYES   f & m   Spanish
Means "kings" in Spanish... [more]

REYNA   f   Spanish
Variant of REINA (1)

REYNALDO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of REYNOLD

REYNARD   m   English (Rare)
From the Germanic name Reginhard, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

REYNAUD   m   French
French form of REYNOLD

REYNOLD   m   English
From the Germanic name Reginwald, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and wald "rule"... [more]

RHAMANTUS   f   Welsh
Means "romantic" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

RHEA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Latinized form of Greek ‘Ρεια (Rheia), meaning unknown, perhaps related to ‘ρεω (rheo) "to flow" or ‘ρεος (rheos) "stream"... [more]

RHEANNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RHIANNA

RHEINALLT   m   Welsh
Welsh form of REYNOLD

RHETT   m   English
From a surname, an Anglicized form of the Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel"... [more]

RHETTA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of RHETT

RHIAN   f   Welsh
Derived from Welsh rhiain meaning "maiden".

RHIANNA   f   English (Modern)
Probably a short form of RHIANNON or an elaboration of RHIAN.

RHIANNON   f   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen"... [more]

RHIANON   f   Welsh
Variant of RHIANNON

RHIANU   f   Welsh
Variant of RHIAN

RHISIART   m   Welsh
Welsh form of RICHARD

RHODA   f   Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) meaning "rose"... [more]

RHODRI   m   Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements rhod "wheel" and rhi "king"... [more]

RHONA   f   Scottish
Possibly derived from the name of the Hebridean island Rona, which means "rough island" in Gaelic.

RHONDA   f   English
Probably intended to mean "good spear" from Welsh rhon "spear" and da "good", but possibly influenced by the name of the Rhondda Valley in South Wales, which means "noisy"... [more]

RHONWEN   f   Welsh
Means either "fair spear" or "fair hair" in Welsh... [more]

RHOSYN   f   Welsh
Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

RHYDDERCH   m   Welsh
Means "reddish brown" in Welsh... [more]

RHYS   m   Welsh
Means "enthusiasm" in Welsh. Several Welsh rulers have borne this name.

RIA   f   German, Dutch
Short form of MARIA

RIAD   m   Arabic
Means "meadows, gardens", from the plural of Arabic روضة (rawdah).

RIAN   m   English
Variant of RYAN

RIANNON   f   Welsh
Variant of RHIANNON

RIAZ   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of RIAD

RICA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of FREDERICA and other names ending in rica.

RICARD   m   Catalan
Catalan form of RICHARD

RICARDA   f   Spanish, German
Spanish and German feminine form of RICHARD

RICARDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of RICHARD

RICCARDA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of RICHARD

RICCARDO   m   Italian
Italian form of RICHARD

RICH   m   English
Short form of RICHARD

RICHÁRD   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of RICHARD

RICHARD   m   English, French, German, Czech, Dutch
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

RICHARDINE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of RICHARD

RICHELLE   f   English
Feminine form of RICHARD using the popular suffix elle, probably influenced by the sound of MICHELLE.

RICHIE   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICHMAL   f   English (Rare)
Apparently a feminine combination of RICHARD and MICHAEL

RICK   m   English
Short form of RICHARD or names ending in rick.

RICKEY   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICKI   m & f   English
Masculine and feminine diminutive of RICHARD

RICKIE   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICKY   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

RICO (1)   m   Spanish
Short form of RICARDO

RICO (2)   m   Italian
Short form of ENRICO

RIDA   m   Arabic
Means "satisfaction, contentment" in Arabic... [more]

RIDLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "reed clearing" or "cleared wood" in Old English.

RIDWAN   m   Arabic
Means "satisfaction" in Arabic.

RIDWANA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of RIZWAN

RIEN   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of REIN or a diminutive of MARINUS

RIFKA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RIVKA

RIGBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ridge farm" in Old Norse.

RIGEL   m   Astronomy
Derived from Arabic الرجل (al-Rijl) meaning "foot"... [more]

RÍGHNACH   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of RÍOGHNACH

RIHARD   m   Slovene
Slovene form of RICHARD

RIHARDS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of RICHARD

RIIKA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of FREDERICA

RIIKKA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of FREDERICA

RIINA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Short form of KATARIINA

RIITTA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of PIRITTA

RIK   m   Dutch
Short form of HENDRIK, FREDERIK, and other names containing rik.

RIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Short form of FREDRIKA, HENRIKA, and other names ending in rika.

RIKÁRD   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of RICHARD

RIKARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of RICHARD

RIKE   f   German
German short form of FRIEDERIKE, HENRIKE, and other names ending in rike.

RIKHARD   m   Finnish
Finnish form of RICHARD

RIKKE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of FREDERIKKE

RIKKI   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of RICKY

RIKO   f   Japanese
From Japanese 莉 (ri) "jasmine" or 理 (ri) "truth" combined with 子 (ko) "child".

RIKU (1)   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of RICHARD

RIKU (2)   m   Japanese
Means "land" in Japanese.

RIKUTO   m   Japanese
From Japanese 陸 (riku) "land" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to the constellation Ursa Major, or 人 (to) "person".

RILEY   m & f   English
From a surname which is either a variant of REILLY or is derived from a place name meaning "rye clearing" in Old English.

RILLA   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps a short form of names ending in rilla.

RIM   f   Arabic
Means "white antelope" in Arabic.

RIN   f   Japanese
Means "dignified, severe, cold" in Japanese.

RINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of KATHERINA or CATERINA, as well as other names ending in rina.

RINA (2)   f   Jewish
Means "joy" in Hebrew.

RINA (3)   f   Indian
Means "melted" in Sanskrit.

RINA (4)   f   Japanese
From Japanese 莉 (ri) "jasmine" or 里 (ri) "village" combined with 奈 (na), a phonetic character, or 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens".

RINALDO   m   Italian
Italian form of REYNOLD

RINO   m   Italian
Short form of names ending in rino.

RIO (1)   m   Various
Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese... [more]

RIO (2)   f   Japanese
From Japanese 莉 (ri) "jasmine" or 里 (ri) "village" combined with 央 (o) "center", 緒 (o) "thread" or 桜 (ou) "cherry blossom".

RÍOGHNACH   f   Irish Mythology
Derived from Irish ríoghan meaning "queen"... [more]

RÍOGHNÁN   m   Irish
From Irish "king" combined with a diminutive suffix.

RÍONA   f   Irish
Either a variant of RÍOGHNACH or a short form of CATRIONA.

RÍONACH   f   Irish
Variant of RÍOGHNACH

RIORDAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of RÓRDÁN

RIPLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "strip clearing" in Old English.

RISHI   m   Indian
Means "sage, poet" in Sanskrit, perhaps ultimately deriving from a root meaning "to see".

RISTEÁRD   m   Irish
Irish form of RICHARD

RISTO   m   Finnish, Macedonian
Finnish and Macedonian short form of CHRISTOPHER

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

RITCHIE   m   English
Variant of RICHIE

RITIKA   f   Indian
Means either "movement, stream" or "brass" in Sanskrit.

RITVA   f   Finnish
Means "birch branch" in Finnish.

RIVA   f   Jewish
Diminutive of RIVKA

RIVER   m   English (Modern)
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water... [more]

RIVKA   f   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of REBECCA

RIYA   f   Indian
Means "singer" in Sanskrit.

RIZWAN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of RIDWAN

RIZWANA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of RIDWANA

ROALD   m   Norwegian
Means "famous ruler" from Germanic hrod "fame" and wald "rule"... [more]

ROAR   m   Norwegian
Scandinavian form of ROGER

ROB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT

ROBBE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of ROBRECHT

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

ROBBY   m   English
Diminutive of ROBERT

ROBENA   f   Scottish
Feminine variant of ROBIN

RÓBERT   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROBERT

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ROBERTA   f   English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT

ROBERTINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine diminutive of ROBERTO

ROBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ROBERT... [more]

ROBERTS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of ROBERT

ROBI   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of RÓBERT

ROBIN   m & f   English
Medieval diminutive of ROBERT... [more]

ROBINA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of ROBIN... [more]

ROBRECHT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROBERT

ROBYN   f   English
Feminine variant of ROBIN

ROBYNNE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of ROBIN

ROC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of ROCCO

ROCCO   m   Italian
Italian form of a Germanic name derived from the element hrok meaning "rest"... [more]

ROCH   m   French, Polish
French and Polish form of ROCCO

ROCHELLE   f   English
From the name of the French city La Rochelle, meaning "little rock"... [more]

ROCHUS   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ROCCO

ROCÍO   f   Spanish
Means "dew" in Spanish... [more]

ROCKY   m   English
Diminutive of ROCCO, or else from a nickname referring to a tough person... [more]

ROD   m   English
Short form of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODDY   m   English
Diminutive of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODERIC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of RODERICK

RODERICK   m   English
Means "famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power"... [more]

RODGE   m   English
Short form of RODGER

RODGER   m   English
Variant of ROGER

RODICA   f   Romanian
Derived from the Slavic element rod meaning "fertile".

RODINA   f   Scottish
Scottish feminine form of RODERICK

RODION   m   Russian
Russian form of HERODION

RODNEY   m   English
From a surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is a Germanic given name meaning "fame")... [more]

RODOLF   m   German, Dutch
German form of RUDOLF

RODOLFO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RUDOLF... [more]

RODOLPH   m   English (Rare), French (Rare)
Variant of RUDOLF

RODOLPHE   m   French
French form of RUDOLF

RODRIGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of RODERICK... [more]

RODRIGUE   m   French
French form of RODERICK

RODYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of RODION

ROEL   m   Dutch
Short form of ROELAND

ROELAND   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROLAND

ROFFE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ROLF

ROGELIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Rogelius, which was possibly derived the name Rogatus, which was itself derived from Latin rogatus "request".

ROGER   m   English, French
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"... [more]

ROGÉRIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROGER

ROGIER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

ROHAN (1)   m   Indian
Derived from Sanskrit रोहण (rohana) meaning "ascending".

ROHAN (2)   f   Literature
From the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J... [more]

ROHESIA   f   Medieval English (Latinized)
Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see ROSE).

ROHIT   m   Indian
Derived from Sanskrit रोहित (rohita) meaning "red".

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