RIA   f   German, Dutch
Short form of MARIA

RIANNON   f   Welsh
Variant of RHIANNON

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

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

RICCARDA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of RICHARD

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.

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

RICKI   m & f   English
Masculine and feminine diminutive of RICHARD

RIDWANA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of RIZWAN

RIFKA   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RIVKA

RÍGHNACH   f   Irish Mythology
Variant of RÍOGHNACH

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

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

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

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".

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".

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]

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

RÍONACH   f   Irish
Variant of RÍOGHNACH

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

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

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

RIYA   f   Indian
Means "singer" in Sanskrit.

RIZWANA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of RIDWANA

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

ROBENA   f   Scottish
Feminine variant of ROBIN

ROBERTA   f   English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT

ROBERTINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine diminutive of ROBERTO

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

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

ROBYN   f   English
Feminine variant of ROBIN

ROBYNNE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of ROBIN

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

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

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

RODINA   f   Scottish
Scottish feminine form of RODERICK

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).

ROIMATA   f   Maori
Means "tear drop" in Maori.

RÓIS   f   Irish
Irish cognate of ROSE

RÓISÍN   f   Irish
Diminutive of RÓIS

ROKSANA   f   Russian, Polish
Russian and Polish form of ROXANA

ROLANDE   f   French
French feminine form of ROLAND

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

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

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).

ROMAYNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ROMAINE

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

ROMY   f   German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

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

RONA   f   English
Variant of RHONA

RONALDA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of RONALD

RONDA   f   English
Variant of RHONDA

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

ROOS   f   Dutch
Means "rose" in Dutch.

ROOSJE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of ROSA (1)

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".

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]

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

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

ROSSANA   f   Italian
Italian form of ROXANA

ROSSELLA   f   Italian
Variant of ROSELLA

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

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

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".

RUBA   f   Arabic
Means "hill" in Arabic.

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

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

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

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).

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

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]

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.

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

RUWA   f   Arabic
Means "beauty" in Arabic.

RUXANDRA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of ROXANA

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

RŮŽENA   f   Czech
Means "rose" in Czech.

RYANA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYANN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYANNE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of RILEY

RYLIE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of RILEY