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

REAGAN   f & m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin meaning "descendent of Riagán"... [more]

REANNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of RHIANNA

REANNON   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RHIANNON

REBA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBECCAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REBECCA

REBECCANNE   f   English (Rare)
Combination of REBECCA and ANNE (1)

REBECKAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REBECCA

REBEKAH   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Form of REBECCA used in some versions of the Bible.

REENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RENÉE

REENIE   f   English (Rare)
Either a variant of RENÉE or a diminutive of names ending in reen.

REGAN   f   English
Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin... [more]

REGANA   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of REGAN, influenced by REGINA.

REGENA   f   English
Variant of REGINA

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

REILLY   m & f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which is derived from the given name Raghailleach, meaning unknown.

RENA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of RENÉ

RENAE   f   English
English variant of RENÉE

RENEE   f   English
English form of RENÉE

RENIE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a diminutive of RENEE

RENITA   f   English
Probably a feminine form of RENATUS... [more]

RETHA   f   English
Short form of MARGARETHA

REXANA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of REXANNE

REXANNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of of ROXANE influenced by REX.

RHEANNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of RHIANNA

RHETTA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of RHETT

RHIANNA   f   English (Modern)
Probably a short form of RHIANNON or an elaboration of RHIAN.

RHIANNON   f   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen"... [more]

RHODA   f   Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) meaning "rose"... [more]

RHONDA   f   English
Probably intended to mean "good spear" from Welsh rhon "spear" and da "good", but possibly influenced by the name of the Rhondda Valley in South Wales, which means "noisy"... [more]

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

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

RIKKI   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of RICKY

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.

RINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of KATHERINA or CATERINA, as well as other names ending in rina.

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

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

ROBENA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of ROBIN

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]

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

RONA   f   English
Variant of RHONA

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

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)

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

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

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

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

ROZANNE   f   English
Variant of ROSANNE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

SEANNA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of SEÁN

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]

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

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.

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

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

SHAUNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAUN

SHAVONNE   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN

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

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

SHELAGH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHEILA

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

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

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]

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

SIBYL   f   English
From Greek Σιβυλλα (Sibylla), meaning "prophetess, sibyl"... [more]

SIDNEY   m & f   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island"... [more]

SIDONY   f   English (Archaic)
Feminine form of SIDONIUS... [more]

SIENA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SIENNA, with the spelling perhaps influenced by that of the Italian city.

SIENNA   f   English (Modern)
From the English word meaning "orange-red"... [more]

SIERRA   f   English (Modern)
Means "mountain range" in Spanish, referring specifically to a mountain range with jagged peaks.

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of SILVIUS... [more]

SIMONE (1)   f   French, English
French feminine form of SIMON... [more]

SIMONETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of SIMONE (1)

SINDY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CINDY

SISSIE   f   English
Variant of SISSY

SISSY   f   English
Diminutive of CECILIA, FRANCES or PRISCILLA... [more]

SKY   f   English (Modern)
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse sky "cloud".

SKYE   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland... [more]

SKYLAR   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SKYLER

SKYLER   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SCHUYLER... [more]

SLOAN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SLOANE

SLOANE   f   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from an Anglicized form of the name Sluaghadhán, composed of Irish sluaghadh "raid" combined with a diminutive suffix.

SOMMER   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SUMMER, coinciding with the German word for summer.

SONDRA   f   English
Variant of SAUNDRA... [more]

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SONYA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of SOPHIA... [more]

SOPHIA   f   English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek... [more]

SOPHIE   f   French, English, German, Dutch
French form of SOPHIA

SOPHY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SOPHIE

SORREL   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the sour tasting plant, which may ultimately derive from Germanic sur "sour".

SPARROW   m & f   English (Rare)
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.

SPIRIT   f   English (Rare)
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath", a derivative of spirare "to blow".

SPRING   f   English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English springan "to leap, to burst forth".