Behind the Name: Names Beginning With R

ROLF m German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodwulf (see RUDOLF)... [more]

ROLLAND m English
Variant of ROLAND

ROLLO m English
Latinized form of Roul, the Old French form of ROLF... [more]

ROLO m English (Rare)
Variant of ROLLO

ROLPH m English (Rare)
Variant of ROLF

ROLY m English
Diminutive of ROLAND

ROMA f Various
From the name of the Italian city, commonly called Rome in English.

ROMAIN m French
French form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMAINE f French
French feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMÁN m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMAN m Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, German
From the Roman cognomen Romanus which meant "Roman" in Latin.

ROMÁNA f Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMANA f Italian, Polish, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMANE f French
French feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMANO m Italian
Italian form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMAYNE f English (Rare)
Variant of ROMAINE

ROMEO m Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Romaeus meaning "a pilgrim to Rome"... [more]

ROMEY f English (Rare)
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

ROMILDA f Italian
Means "famous battle" from the Germanic elements hrom "fame" and hild "battle".

ROMINA f Spanish
Possibly a Spanish form of ROMANA

ROMOLA f Italian
Italian feminine form of ROMULUS

ROMOLO m Italian
Italian form of ROMULUS

ROMULUS m Roman Mythology
Means "of Rome" in Latin... [more]

ROMY f German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

RON (1) m English
Short form of RONALD

RON (2) m & f Jewish
Means "song, joy" in Hebrew.

RONA f English
Variant of RHONA

RONALD m Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALD, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders... [more]

RONALDA f Scottish
Feminine form of RONALD

RONALDO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of RONALD

RÓNÁN m Irish
Means "little seal", derived from Irish rón "seal" combined with a diminutive suffix.

RONDA f English
Variant of RHONDA

RONEN m Jewish
Derived from Hebrew רוֹן (ron) meaning "song, joy".

RONG f & m Chinese
From Chinese 荣 "flourish", 融 "harmonious" or 容 "to hold, to tolerate" (which is usually only feminine).

RONI (1) f Jewish
Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.

RONI (2) f English
Diminutive of VERONICA

RONIT (1) f Irish
Anglicized form of RATHNAIT

RONIT (2) f Jewish
Strictly feminine form of RON (2)

RONJA f Swedish
Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden... [more]

RONNETTE f English (Rare)
Feminine form of RONALD

RONNIE m & f English
Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA

RONNY m English
Diminutive of RONALD

ROOPE m Finnish
Finnish form of ROBERT

ROOPERTTI m Finnish
Finnish form of ROBERT

ROOS f Dutch
Means "rose" in Dutch.

ROOSEVELT m English
From a Dutch surname meaning "rose field"... [more]

ROOSJE f Dutch
Diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROPARZH m Breton
Breton form of ROBERT

ROQUE m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ROCCO

RÓRDÁN m Irish
From the older Irish name Ríoghbhardán, which meant "little poet king" from Irish Gaelic ríogh "king" combined with bard "poet" and a diminutive suffix.

RORIE m Irish, Scottish
Variant of RORY

RORY m Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of RUAIDHRÍ

ROS f English
Short form of ROSALIND, ROSAMUND, and other names beginning with Ros.

ROSA (1) f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSA (2) f Bulgarian
Means "dew" in Bulgarian.

ROSABEL f English (Rare)
Combination of ROSA (1) and the popular name suffix bel... [more]

ROSABELLA f Italian
Means "beautiful rose" from Italian rosa "rose" and bella "beautiful".

ROSAIRE m French
Means "rosary" French.

ROSALBA f Italian
Recently created name meaning "white rose" from Latin rosa "rose" and alba "white".

ROSALEEN f English (Rare)
Variant of ROSALINE... [more]

ROSALIA f Italian
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose"... [more]

ROSALIE f French
French form of ROSALIA

ROSALIN f English (Rare)
Medieval variant of ROSALIND

ROSALINA f Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate form of ROSALINE

ROSALIND f English
Derived from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and linde "soft, tender"... [more]

ROSALINDA f Spanish, Italian
Latinate form of ROSALIND

ROSALINE f English
Medieval variant of ROSALIND... [more]

ROSALVA f Spanish
Variant of ROSALBA

ROSALYN f English
Variant of ROSALINE using the popular name suffix lyn.

ROSALYNNE f English (Rare)
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSAMOND f English
Variant of ROSAMUND, in use since the Middle Ages.

ROSAMUND f English (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and mund "protection"... [more]

ROSANA f Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROXANA

ROSANGELA f Italian
Combination of ROSA (1) and ANGELA

ROSANNA f Italian, English
Combination of ROSA (1) and ANNA

ROSANNAH f English (Rare)
Variant of ROSANNA

ROSANNE f English
Combination of ROSE and ANNE (1)

ROSARIA f Italian
Italian feminine form of ROSARIO

ROSÁRIO f Portuguese
Portuguese (feminine) form of ROSARIO

ROSARIO f & m Spanish, Italian
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary"... [more]

ROSCOE m English
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "doe wood" in Old Norse.

ROSE f English, French
Originally a Norman form of a Germanic name, which was composed of the elements hrod "fame" and heid "kind, sort, type"... [more]

ROSEANN f English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROSEANNE f English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROSELLA f Italian
Italian diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSELLE f French
French diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSELYN f English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSEMARIE f German, Scandinavian
Combination of ROSE and MARIE

ROSEMARY f English
Combination of ROSE and MARY... [more]

ROSEMONDE f French
French form of ROSAMUND

ROSENDA f Spanish
Feminine form of ROSENDO

ROSENDO m Spanish
Spanish form of a Visigothic name composed of the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and sinþs "path"... [more]

ROSER f Catalan
Catalan (feminine) form of ROSARIO

ROSETTA f Italian
Italian diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSETTE f French
French diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSHAN m & f Iranian, Indian
Means "light, bright" in Persian.

ROSHANAK f Iranian
Original Persian form of ROXANA

ROSHANARA f Iranian
Means "light of the assembly" in Persian.

ROSHEEN f Irish
Anglicized form of RÓISÍN

ROSHNI f Iranian
Means "brilliance, luster" in Persian.

ROSIE f English
Diminutive of ROSE

ROSINA f Italian
Italian diminutive of ROSA (1)... [more]

ROSINE f French
French diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSITA f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSITSA f Bulgarian
Diminutive of ROSA (2)

ROSLYN f English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSS m Scottish, English
From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland... [more]

ROSSANA f Italian
Italian form of ROXANA

ROSSELLA f Italian
Variant of ROSELLA

ROSTISLAV m Russian, Czech
Means "to usurp glory" from the Slavic elements rosts "usurp" and slav "glory".

ROSWELL m English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".

ROSWITHA f German
Means "famous strength" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and swinþ "strength"... [more]

ROSY f English
Diminutive of ROSE

ROTEM m & f Jewish
From the name of a desert plant, possibly derived from Hebrew רְתֹם (retom) meaning "to bind".

ROWAN m & f Irish, English (Modern)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin meaning "descendent of RUADHÁN"... [more]

ROWANNE f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of ROWAN

ROWENA f English
Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic name derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wynn "joy"... [more]

ROWINA f English (Rare)
Variant of ROWENA

ROWLAND m English
Medieval variant of ROLAND

ROWLEY m English
Variant of ROLY

ROXANA f English, Spanish, Romanian
Latin form of Ρωξανη (Roxane), the Greek form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "dawn"... [more]

ROXANE f French, English
French and English form of ROXANA... [more]

ROXANNA f English
Variant of ROXANA

ROXANNE f English, French
Variant of ROXANE

ROXELANA f History
From a Turkish nickname meaning "Russian"... [more]

ROXIE f English
Diminutive of ROXANA

ROXY f English
Diminutive of ROXANA

ROY m Scottish, English
Derived from Gaelic ruadh meaning "red"... [more]

ROYAL m English
From the English word royal, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalis, a derivative of rex "king"... [more]

ROYALE m English (Rare)
Variant of ROYAL

ROYCE m English
From a surname which was derived from either the name of the flower or else from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of ROSE.

ROYDON m English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill", from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

ROYLE m English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill".

ROYSTON m English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "town of Royse"... [more]

ROZ f English
Short form of ROSALIND, ROSAMUND, and other names beginning with the same sound.

RÓŻA f Polish
Means "rose" in Polish.

RÓZA f Hungarian
Variant of RÓZSA

ROZA f Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Means "rose" in the Slavic languages.

ROZABELA f Esperanto
Means "rosy-beautiful" in Esperanto.

ROZÁLIA f Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROSALIA

ROZALIJA f Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovene
Lithuanian, Latvian and Slovene form of ROSALIA

ROZANNE f English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROŽĖ f Lithuanian
Means "rose" in Lithuanian.

ROZENN f Breton
Means "rose" in Breton.

RÓZSA f Hungarian
Means "rose" in Hungarian.

RÓZSI f Hungarian
Diminutive of RÓZSA

RU m & f Chinese
From Chinese 儒 "scholar" or 如 "like, as, if".

RUADHÁN m Irish
Means "little red one", derived from Gaelic ruadh "red" combined with a diminutive suffix.

RUAIDHRÍ m Irish
Means "red king" from Irish ruadh "red" combined with rí "king"... [more]

RUAIDRÍ m Irish
Variant of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRI m Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRÍ m Irish
Variant of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRIDH m Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUARAIDH m Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUARC m Irish
Possibly means "squall, rainstorm" in Irish.

RUARIDH m Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUBA f Arabic
Means "hill" in Arabic.

RUBE m English
Short form of REUBEN

RUBÉN m Spanish
Spanish form of REUBEN

RUBEN m Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch form of REUBEN

RUBENA f Esperanto
Means "like a ruby" in Esperanto.

RUBINA f Spanish
Elaborated form of RUBY

RUBY f English
Simply means "ruby" from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the birthstone of July... [more]

RUBYE f English
Variant of RUBY

RUCHEL f Yiddish
Yiddish form of RACHEL

RUDI m German, Hungarian
Diminutive of RUDOLF

RÜDIGER m German
German form of ROGER

RUDO m & f Southern African
Means "love" in Shona.

RUDOLF m German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene
From the Germanic name Hrodwulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf"... [more]

RUDOLPH m English
English form of RUDOLF, imported from Germany in the 19th century... [more]

RUDY m English
Diminutive of RUDOLF

RUDYARD m English (Rare)
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "red yard" in Old English... [more]

RUE f English
From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek ‘ρυτη (rhyte)... [more]

RUEDI m German (Swiss)
Swiss diminutive of RUDOLF

RUF f Russian
Russian form of RUTH

RUFARO f Southern African
Means "happiness" in Shona.

RUFINA f Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Rufinus (see RUFINO).

RUFINO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Rufinus, which was itself derived from the cognomen RUFUS... [more]

RUFUS m Ancient Roman, English, Biblical
Roman cognomen which meant "red-haired" in Latin... [more]

RUGGERO m Italian
Italian form of ROGER

RUGGIERO m Italian
Italian form of ROGER

RUH m Arabic
Means "spirit" in Arabic.

RUI m Portuguese
Medieval Portuguese short form of RODRIGO

RUIHA f Maori
Maori form of LOUISA

RUKMINI f Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "adorned with gold" in Sanskrit... [more]

RUMBIDZAI f Southern African
Means "praise" in Shona.

RUNA f Scandinavian
Feminine form of RUNE

RUNE m Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore".

RUPERT m German, Dutch, English, Polish
Low German form of ROBERT... [more]

RUPERTA f Spanish
Feminine form of RUPERT

RUPINDER f Indian (Sikh)
Means "greatest beauty" from Sanskrit रूप (rupa) "beauty" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA, used here to mean "greatest".

RUQAYYA f Arabic
Derived either from Arabic رقى (ruqia) meaning "rise, ascent" or from رقية (ruqyah) meaning "spell, charm, incantation"... [more]

RURIK m Russian
Russian form of RODERICK

RUSLAN m Russian
Meaning unknown... [more]

RUSS m English
Short form of RUSSELL

RUSSEL m English
Variant of RUSSELL

RUSSELL m English
From a surname which meant "little red one" in French... [more]

RUSTAM m Iranian
Meaning unknown. Rustam was a warrior hero in Persian legend.

RUSTY m English
From a nickname which was originally given to someone with a rusty, or reddish-brown, hair colour.

RUSUL m Arabic
Means "prophets, messengers" in Arabic.

RUT f Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of RUTH

RŪTA f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of RUTH... [more]

RUTA f Polish
Polish form of RUTH

RUTE f Portuguese
Portuguese form of RUTH

RUTENDO f & m Southern African
Means "faith" in Shona.

RUTGER m Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

RUTH f English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

RUTHIE f English
Diminutive of RUTH

RUUBEN m Finnish
Finnish form of REUBEN

RUUD m Dutch
Dutch short form of RUDOLF

RUWA f Arabic
Means "beauty" in Arabic.

RUXANDRA f Romanian
Romanian form of ROXANA

RUY m Spanish
Medieval Spanish short form of RODRIGO... [more]

RUYA f Arabic
Means "vision, sight" in Arabic.

RŮŽENA f Czech
Means "rose" in Czech.

RYAN m Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Riain meaning "descendent of Rian"... [more]

RYANA f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYANN f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYANNE f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYDER m English (Modern)
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English ridere meaning "mounted warrior" or "messenger".

RYKER m English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of the German surname Riker, a derivative of Low German rike "rich"... [more]

RYLAN m English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of the English surname Ryland, which was originally derived from a place name meaning "rye land" in Old English.

RYLEE f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of RILEY

RYLEY m English (Modern)
Variant of RILEY

RYLIE f English (Modern)
Feminine variant of RILEY

RYO m Japanese
Variant transcription of RYOU

RYOICHI m Japanese
Variant transcription of RYOUICHI

RYOTA m Japanese
Variant transcription of RYOUTA

RYOU m Japanese
From Japanese 涼 "cool, refreshing", 遼 "distant" or 諒 "reality".

RYOUICHI m Japanese
From Japanese 良 (ryou) "good" or 亮 (ryou) "clear" combined with 一 (ichi) "one".

RYOUTA m Japanese
From Japanese 涼 (ryou) "cool, refreshing", 亮 (ryou) "clear" or 良 (ryou) "good" combined with 太 (ta) "thick, big".

RYSZARD m Polish
Polish form of RICHARD

RYUU m Japanese
From Japanese 龍 or 竜 which both mean "dragon".

RYUUNOSUKE m Japanese
From Japanese 龍 (ryuu) "dragon" or 隆 (ryuu) "noble, prosperous" combined with 之 (no) "of" and 介 (suke) "forerunner, herald".

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