The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

ROB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

ROBBY   m   English
Diminutive of ROBERT

ROBENA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of ROBIN

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]

ROBERTA   f   English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

ROMAYNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ROMAINE

ROMEY   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

ROMY   f   German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

RON (1)   m   English
Short form of RONALD

RONA   f   English
Variant of RHONA

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

RONDA   f   English
Variant of RHONDA

RONI (2)   f   English
Diminutive of VERONICA

RONNETTE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of RONALD

RONNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA

RONNY   m   English
Diminutive of RONALD

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

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]

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

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

ROSALIN   f   English (Rare)
Medieval variant of ROSALIND

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

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

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]

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)

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

ROSELYN   f   English
Variant of ROSALYN

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

ROSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ROSE

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]

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

ROSY   f   English
Diminutive of ROSE

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

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.

ROZANNE   f   English
Variant of ROSANNE

RUBE   m   English
Short form of REUBEN

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

RUTHIE   f   English
Diminutive of RUTH

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

SABELLA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of ISABELLA

SABLE   f   English (Modern)
From the English word meaning "black", derived from the name of the black-furred mammal native to northern Asia, ultimately of Slavic origin.

SABRINA   f   English, Italian, German
Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn... [more]

SABRYNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SABRINA

SACHEVERELL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a Norman place name... [more]

SACHIE   m   English (Rare)
Diminutive of SACHEVERELL

SADIE   f   English
Diminutive of SARAH

SAFFRON   f   English (Rare)
From the English word which refers either to a spice, the crocus flower from which it is harvested, or the yellow-orange colour of the spice... [more]

SAGE   f & m   English (Modern)
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.

SAL   f & m   English
Short form of SALLY, SALVADOR, and other names beginning with Sal.

SALENA   f   English (Modern)
Perhaps an invented name based on similar-sounding names such as SELINA.

SALINA   f   English
Perhaps an invented name based on similar-sounding names such as SELINA.

SALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of SARAH

SALLY   f   English
Diminutive of SARAH

SALOME   f   English, German, Biblical
From an Aramaic name which was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace"... [more]

SAM (1)   m & f   English
Short form of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMANTHA   f   English
Perhaps intended to be a feminine form of SAMUEL, using the popular name suffix antha... [more]

SAMARA   f   English (Modern)
Possibly derived from the biblical place name Samaria, which means "watch mountain" in Hebrew.

SAMMI   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of SAMANTHA

SAMMIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMMY   m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL or SAMSON

SAMPSON (2)   m   English
From an English surname which was itself derived from a medieval form of the given name SAMSON.

SAMSON   m   Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshon) which probably meant "sun"... [more]

SAMUEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard"... [more]

SANDFORD   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of SANFORD.

SANDIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SANDY

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANDY   m & f   English
Originally a diminutive of ALEXANDER... [more]

SANFORD   m   English
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "sand ford" in Old English.

SAPPHIRE   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the gemstone, the blue birthstone of September, which is derived from Greek σαπφειρος (sappheiros), ultimately from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir).

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SARAH   f   English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew... [more]

SARANNA   f   English (Rare)
Combination of SARAH and ANNA, in occasional use since the 18th century.

SARINA   f   English (Modern)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a diminutive of SARA or a variant of SERENA.

SATCHEL   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname derived from Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag", referring to a person who was a bag maker.

SAVANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SAVANNAH

SAVANNAH   f   English
From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taino (Native American) word zabana... [more]

SAWYER   m   English (Modern)
From a surname meaning "sawer of wood" in Middle English... [more]

SAXON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the name of the Germanic tribe the Saxons, ultimately deriving from the Germanic word sahs meaning "knife"... [more]

SCARLET   f   English (Modern)
Either a variant of SCARLETT or else from the English word for the red colour... [more]

SCARLETT   f   English
From a surname which denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, ultimately derived from Persian saqirlat)... [more]

SCHUYLER   m   English
From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar"... [more]

SCOT   m   English, Scottish
Variant form of SCOTT

SCOTT   m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which meant "a Scotsman"... [more]

SCOTTIE   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SCOTTY   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SCOUT   f   English (Rare)
From the English word scout... [more]

SEAN   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SEANNA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of SEÁN

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Latin name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste"... [more]

SEFTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town in the rushes" in Old English.

SELBY   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "willow farm" in Old Norse.

SELINA   f   English
Possibly a variant of CÉLINE or SELENE... [more]

SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]

SELWYN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from an Old English given name, which was formed of the elements sele "manor" and wine "friend".

SEPTEMBER   f & m   English (Rare)
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.

SEQUOIA   f & m   English (Rare)
From the name of huge trees that grow in California... [more]

SERA   f   English (Rare)
Either a variant of SARAH or a short form of SERAPHINA.

SERAPHINA   f   English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones"... [more]

SERENA   f   English, Italian
From a Late Latin name which was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene"... [more]

SERENITY   f   English (Modern)
From the English word meaning "serenity, tranquility", ultimately from Latin serenus meaning "clear, calm".

SERINA   f   English
Variant of SERENA

SERRENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SERENA

SETH (1)   m   Biblical, English
Means "placed" or "appointed" in Hebrew... [more]

SEWARD   m   English
From a surname which was itself derived from an Old English personal name, itself derived from the elements sige "victory" and weard "guard".

SEYMOUR   m   English
From a Norman surname which originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur (which means "Saint MAURUS").

SHAD (2)   m   English
Either a variant of CHAD or a short form of SHADRACH

SHAE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of SHAY (1)

SHAELYN   f   English (Rare)
Combination of SHAE and LYNN

SHAN   f   English
Anglicized form of SIÂN

SHANA   f   English
Variant of SHANNA

SHANAE   f   English (Modern)
Elaboration of the popular name element Shan.

SHANE   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SEÁN... [more]

SHANELLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHANEL

SHANENE   f   English (Rare)
Combination of the popular name elements Shan and ene.

SHANIA   f   English (Modern)
In the case of singer Shania Twain (1965-), it is based on an Ojibwa phrase meaning "she's on her way".

SHANICE   f   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Shan and ice.

SHANIKA   f   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Shan and ka.

SHANIQUA   f   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Shan and qua.

SHANNA   f   English
Short form of SHOSHANNAH... [more]

SHANNAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHANNA

SHANNEN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SHANNON

SHANNON   f & m   English
From the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland... [more]

SHANON   f & m   English
Variant of SHANNON

SHANTAE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHANTÉ

SHANTEL   f   English
Variant of CHANTEL

SHANTELLE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHANTEL

SHAQUILA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHAKILA

SHAQUILLE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of SHAKIL... [more]

SHARALYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHERILYN

SHARI   f   English
Diminutive of SHARON

SHARISE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHARISSE

SHARLA   f   English
Variant of CHARLA

SHARLEEN   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

SHARLENE   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

SHARMAINE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHARMAINE

SHARON   f   English, Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "plain" in Hebrew, referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel... [more]

SHARONA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of SHARON

SHARRON   f   English
Variant of SHARON

SHARYL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHARYN   f   English
Variant of SHARON

SHAUN   m   English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SHAUNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAUN

SHAVONNE   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN

SHAW (1)   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "forest, copse" in Old English.

SHAWN   m   English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SHAWNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAWN

SHAWNDA   f   English
Variant of SHONDA

SHAWNEE   f   English (Modern)
Means "southern people" in the Algonquin language... [more]

SHAYE   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHAI or SHEA

SHAYLA   f   English
Variant of SHEILA, influenced by the spelling and sound of KAYLA (1).

SHAYLYN   f   English (Rare)
Combination of SHAE and LYNN

SHAYNE   m   English
Variant of SHANE

SHEARD   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

SHEELAGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHEILA

SHEENA   f   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of SÌNE... [more]

SHEENAGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHEENA

SHEILA   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SÍLE

SHEL   m   English
Short form of SHELDON

SHELAGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHEILA

SHELBY   m & f   English
From a surname, which was possibly a variant of SELBY... [more]

SHELDON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley with steep sides" in Old English... [more]

SHELENA   f   English (African American, Rare)
Probably a combination of the prefix She and LENA.

SHELIA   f   English
Variant of SHEILA

SHELL   f   English
Short form of MICHELLE or SHELLEY... [more]

SHELLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English... [more]

SHELLY   f & m   English
Variant of SHELLEY

SHELTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "shelf town" in Old English.

SHENA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SHEENA

SHEREE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY... [more]

SHERI   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERIDAN   m & f   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Sirideáin meaning "descendent of Sirideán"... [more]

SHERIE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERILL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHERYL

SHERILYN   f   English
Variant of CHERILYN

SHERISSE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CHARISSE

SHERLEY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHIRLEY

SHERMAN   m   English
From a surname meaning "shear man" in Old English, originally denoting a person who cut cloth... [more]

SHERRI   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERRIE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERRY   f   English
Possibly from the French word chérie meaning "darling", or the English word sherry, a type of fortified wine named from the Spanish town of Jerez... [more]

SHERWOOD   m   English
From an English place name (or from a surname which was derived from it) meaning "bright forest"... [more]

SHERYL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHERYLL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHEVAUN   f   Irish, English (Rare)
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN

SHEVON   f   Irish, English (Rare)
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN

SHIRLEE   f   English
Variant of SHIRLEY

SHIRLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English... [more]

SHONDA   f   English
Probably a blend of SHONA and RHONDA

SHYLA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SHEILA