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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, German, English
Generally this is a Latin form of ROSE, though originally it may have come from the Germanic name ROZA (2)... [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 Roman
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 (Rare)
French diminutive of ROSE

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 ROSE

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 ROSE

ROSITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSITSA   f   Bulgarian
Diminutive of ROSA (2)

ROSLINDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ROSALIND

ROSLYN   f   English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSMUNDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ROSAMUND

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

ROTHAID   f   Ancient Germanic
Variant of HRODOHAIDIS

ROUBEN   m   Biblical Greek
Greek form of REUBEN

ROUL   m   Medieval French, Medieval English
Norman French form of ROLF

ROUTH   f   Biblical Greek
Greek form of RUTH

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, making it a cognate of ROSA (1).

RÓZA   f   Hungarian
Variant of RÓZSA

ROZA (1)   f   Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Means "rose" in the Slavic languages, making it a cognate of ROSA (1).

ROZA (2)   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic short form of feminine names beginning with the element hrod meaning "fame".

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, making it a cognate of ROSA (1).

ROZENN   f   Breton
Means "rose" in Breton.

RÓZSA   f   Hungarian
Means "rose" in Hungarian, making it a cognate of ROSA (1).

RÓZSI   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of RÓZSA

RU   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "scholar" or "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 "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, Biblical Latin
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 Hrodulf, 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

RUFINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of RUFINUS

RUFINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was 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
Spanish feminine form of RUPERT

RUPERTO   m   Spanish
Spanish 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".

RUPRECHT   m   German (Archaic)
Low German form of ROBERT

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 the Old Norse name HRŒREKR

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

RUTHI   f   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of RUTH

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, Portuguese
Medieval Spanish and Portuguese 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 Rían"... [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 "cool, refreshing", "distant" or "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 or 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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