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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]

RHISIART   m   Welsh
Welsh form of RICHARD

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

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

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

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

RÍAN   m   Irish
Irish name (see RYAN).

RIAN   m   English
Variant of RYAN

RIAZ   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of RIAD

RICARD   m   Catalan
Catalan form of RICHARD

RICARDO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese 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, Ancient Germanic
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

RICHIE   m   English
Diminutive of RICHARD

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

RICOHARD   m   Ancient Germanic
Older form of RICHARD

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.

RIEN (1)   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of REIN

RIEN (2)   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARINUS

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]

RIHARD   m   Slovene
Slovene form of RICHARD

RIHARDS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of RICHARD

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

RIKÁRD   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of RICHARD

RIKARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of RICHARD

RIKHARD   m   Finnish
Finnish form of RICHARD

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.

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]

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

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

RITCHIE   m   English
Variant of RICHIE

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

RIZWAN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of RIDWAN

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

ROAR   m   Norwegian
Newer Scandinavian form of HRÓARR

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

RÓBERT   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROBERT

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

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]

ROBRECHT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROBERT

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

ROCHUS   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ROCCO

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, Scottish
Diminutive of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODERIC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of RODERICK

RODERICK   m   English, Scottish, Welsh
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

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 (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
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, Galician
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, German, Swedish
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".

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

ROI (1)   m   Galician
Galician short form of RODRIGO

ROI (2)   m   Hebrew
Means "my shepherd" in Hebrew.

ROIBEARD   m   Irish
Irish form of ROBERT

ROK   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ROCCO

ROKURO   m   Japanese
Variant transcription of ROKUROU

ROKUROU   m   Japanese
From Japanese 六 (roku) "six" and 郎 (rou) "son"... [more]

ROKUS   m   Frisian
Frisian form of ROCCO

ROLAN   m   Russian
Russian form of ROLAND

ROLAND   m   English, French, German, Polish
Means "famous land" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and land... [more]

ROLANDO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of ROLAND

ROLDÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ROLAND

ROLDÃO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROLAND

ROLF   m   German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodulf (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

ROMAIN   m   French
French 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 Late Latin name Romanus which meant "Roman".

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

ROMANUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of ROMAN

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

ROMOLO   m   Italian
Italian form of ROMULUS

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

RON (1)   m   English
Short form of RONALD

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

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

RONALDO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of RONALD

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

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

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

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

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

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

ROSAIRE   m   French
Means "rosary" French.

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.

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

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

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]

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".

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

ROUBEN   m   Biblical Greek
Greek form of REUBEN

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

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

ROWLAND   m   English
Medieval variant of ROLAND

ROWLEY   m   English
Variant of ROLY

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]

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

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

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]

RUEDI   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss diminutive of RUDOLF

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

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

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

RUPERTO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of RUPERT

RUPRECHT   m   German (Archaic)
Low German form of ROBERT

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.

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

RUTGER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

RUUBEN   m   Finnish
Finnish form of REUBEN

RUUD   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of RUDOLF

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

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

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.

RYLEY   m   English (Modern)
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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