Submitted Names Starting with ra

Rəvan m Azerbaijani
Means "smooth, even, flowing" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Persian روان (ravān).

Ravan m Persian
Means "fluid, flowing" or "psyche, soul, spirit" in Persian.

Rəvanə f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Rəvan.

Ravanui f Tahitian
Means "great brown (brunette)"; from Tahitian rava meaning "brown, dark, black" and nui meaning "great, immense".

Rávdná f Sami
Sami form of Rauna.

Rávdnár m Sami
Sami form of Ragnar.

Raveena f Indian (Modern)
Punjabi in origin, this name means "sunflower" (literally "the beauty of the sun", compare Sanskrit ravi "sun").... [more]

Raveendran m Malayalam
Alternate transcription of Malayalam രവീന്ദ്രൻ (see Ravindran).

Raveevan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Raveewan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Ravel m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Transferred use of the surname Ravel.

Raven m Norman

Ravena f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Ravenna.

Ravenel m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Ravenel.

Ravenia f English (American)
Likely an elaboration of Raven, though it is also a flowering plant and a very small village in Greece.

Ravenilda f Medieval English (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rauenilde or Ravenild, the medieval English forms of Hrafnhildr.

Râvfaile m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Rafael.

Ravian m Dutch (Rare)

Ravichandra m Indian
Combination of Ravi meaning "sun" and Chandra meaning "moon".

Ravier m Occitan (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Ravier.

Ravin f & m English (Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raven.

Ravina f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown. Most likely a variant of Ravenna.

Ravind m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Kannada, Hinduism, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Indian (Sikh), Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Nepali, Malayalam
Means "lotus flower" in Sanskrit.

Ravindran m Indian

Ravindran m Malayalam, Tamil
Malayalam and Tamil variant of Ravindra.

Raviro f Shona
Means "promise, oath or pledge" in Shona.

Ravit f Hebrew
Means "quench your thirst" in Hebrew. (See also Revital.)

Raviteja m Telugu
Glow of the sun; Power.

Raviv m & f Hebrew
Means "rain" in Hebrew.

Ravivan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Raviwan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Ravji m Indian, Gujarati

Rávle m Sami
Sami form of Rauli.

Ravn m Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of Hrafn.

Ravna f Sami
Sámi form of Ragnhild. It is also associated with ravn, a Norwegian and Danish word meaning "raven" (compare Ravn).

Ravnhild f Faroese, Norwegian (Archaic)
Younger form of Hrafnhildr as well as a Faroese variant form of Ragnhild.

Ravnthu f Etruscan

Ravntzu f Etruscan
Diminutive of Ravnthu.

Ravo m & f Malagasy
Means "happy, bright" in Malagasy.

Ravon m & f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ra and von.

Ravonda f American
Likely an invented name, perhaps a variant of Vonda.

Ravoniaina f & m Malagasy
From Malagasy ravo meaning "happy, bright" and niaina meaning "experienced, lived".

Ravós m Provençal
Provençal variant of Raols.

Ravous m Provençal
Provençal form of Raoul.

Ravshana f Uzbek
Feminine form of Ravshan.

Ravshanbek m Uzbek, Kyrgyz
Combination of the name Ravshan and the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Ravshanna f Uzbek
Variant of Ravshana

Ravshanoy f Uzbek
Uzbek feminine name derived from ravshan meaning "bright, clear" and oy meaning "moon".

Ravyar m Kurdish
Old kurdish name even in using right now it's mean Hunter

Ravyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raven.

Ravzagul f Uzbek
Derived from ravza meaning "flower garden" or "the Garden of Paradise" and gul meaning "rose, flower".

Rawa f Arabic

Rawaa f Arabic
Meaning - Wow, Amazement, Magnificent

Rawaa f Arabic
Means "aroma" in Arabic.

Rawaiz m Urdu

Rawal m Urdu
The name Rawal is a Muslim Boys name. Urdu name dictionary suggests that Rawal name meaning in Urdu is سپاہی, and it belongs to اردو، ہندی origin. The lucky number of Rawal is 9, and lucky days are Wednesday, Friday... [more]

Rawan f Arabic (Rare)

Rawasee f Arabic
mountains, or large hills

Rawdah f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic روضة (see Rawda).

Rawdha f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic روضة (see Rawda).

Rawdon m Literature
'Vanity Fair'

Rawee m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Rawi.

Raweevan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Raweewan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Rawef m Bashkir
Bashkir form of Rauf.

Rawesht f Kurdish
Rawesht means “stopped” in Kurdish. It is used in Iraq.

Rawi m Arabic, Indonesian
Means "narrator, storyteller" in Arabic, derived from روى (rawa) meaning "to relate".

Rawi m & f Thai
Means "sun" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).

Rawia f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Rawiya.

Rawiah f Arabic (Rare), Indonesian (Rare), Malay (Rare)
Arabic alternate transcription of Rawiya as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.

Rawil m Tatar

Rawin m & f Thai
From Thai รวิ (rawi) meaning "sun" and อินทร์ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra.

Rawinia f Maori
Maori form of Lavinia.

Rawiri m Maori
Maori form of David.

Rawivan f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai รวีวรรณ (see Rawiwan).

Rawiwan f Thai
From Thai รวี (rawi) meaning "sun" and วรรณ (wan) meaning "colour, tint".

Rawiyah f Arabic, Indonesian, Malay (Rare)
Arabic alternate transcription of Rawiya as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.

Rawley m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Rawley.

Rawlin m English (Rare)
Variant of Rawlins or a transferred use of the surname Rawlin.

Rawling m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Rawlings or a transferred use of the surname Rawling.

Rawlings m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Rawlings.

Rawlins m English
Transferred use of the surname Rawlins.

Rawls m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Rawls.

Rawnaq f Arabic
“It means Beauty, splendor and radiance”

Ra-woom f Korean
From 아름다운 (areumdaum) meaning "beautiful".

Rawoûl m Walloon
Walloon form of Raoul.

Rawson m English
Transferred use of the surname Rawson, meaning "son of Ralf"

Rawwad m Arabic

Räximä f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Rahima.

Raxmaan m Eastern African, Somali
Somali form of Rahman.

Raxmo f Somali
Means "kindness" in Somali.

Rəxşəndə f Azerbaijani (Rare)
From Persian رخشنده (rakhshandeh) meaning "shining, bright".

Raya f Arabic
Derived either from Arabic ريا (raya) meaning "aroma, fragrance, perfume" or راية (rayah) meaning "flag, banner, ensign".

Raya f Japanese
From Japanese 蘭 (ra) meaning "orchid" combined with 夜 (ya) meaning "night". Other kanji combinations can also make up this name.

Raya f Hebrew
Means "wife" / "beloved" in Hebrew.

Raya f Indonesian
Means "big, large, grand, great" in Indonesian.

Rayaan m Arabic
Variant of Rayyan.

Rayah f Arabic (Rare)
Variant of Raya.

Rayan m Various
Variant of Ryan.

Rayan m & f Persian
Means "smart", "wise" or "thinker" in Persian

Rayana f Arabic
Variant transcription of Rayhana.

Rayane f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Raiane.

Rayane m & f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Rayan (chiefly Maghrebi).

Rayann f & m English (Rare), Arabic (Rare)
Arabic variant of Rayan. English variant of Rayanne.

Rayanna f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely a combination of Ray and Anna.

Rayanne f Arabic (Rare), English
Feminized variant of Rayan, which in Islam, is one of the gates to heaven. Also a combination or Ray and Anne 1.

Rayber m Literature
Used for a character in Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away (1960).

Rayburn m English
Variant of Raeburn.

Rayce m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Race influenced by the ending of names like Jayce and Kayce.

Raycee f Obscure
Possibly a variant of Racey or a combination of Ray and see (similarly to Jaycee).

Raychel f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Rachel influenced by Ray. Also see Raechel.

Raychka f Russian
Diminutive of Raisa 1.

Raycine m & f English

Rayco m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Possibly derived from the Guanche word *răyyək, referring to a member of the Irăyyăkăn, a noble tribe of the Adrar des Ifoghas area of Mali. According to Antonio de Viana's epic poem Antigüedades de las Islas Afortunadas de la Gran Canaria (1604), this was the name of a late 15th-century Guanche captain and ambassador who served under Beneharo, the king of Anaga on the island of Tenerife (present-day Canary Islands, Spain), at the time of the Spanish conquest of the island.

Rayden m American
Possibly an invented name, a combination of Ray and the popular name suffix -ayden, following the trend of names such as Jayden, Kayden, and Braden, or a variant of Raiden.

Raydine f English (Modern)
Combination of Ray and the popular name suffix -dine.

Raydoe f English (American)
Origin unknown.

Raye f & m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of either Ray or Rae.... [more]

Rayelle f English (American)

Rayelyn f English (Modern)
Variant of Raelyn.

Rayette f American

Rayfa f Arabic
The name of Arabic origin meaning "kind", "compassionate", or "softhearted".

Rayfield m English
Transferred use of the surname Rayfield.

Rayford m American
Transferred use of the surname Rayford.

Raygan f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Reagan.

Raygen f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Reagan.

Rayghen f English
Alternate spelling of Reagan

Rayhaan m Bengali
Meaning "Sweet Aromatic Flower that Brings Comfort".

Rayhan m Arabic
Possibly means "Favored by God". Masculine form of Rayhana.

Rayhanah f Bengali
Meaning "Aromatic Smell of Basil".

Rayhane f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Rayhana.

Rayhaneh f Persian
Persian (Farsi) form of Rayhana.

Rayhanna f Arabic
Variant transcription of Rayhana.

Rayhon f Uzbek
Uzbek form of Rayhana.

Rayhona f Uzbek
Uzbek form of Reyhan.

Rayi m Afghan
Shepherd

Rayie f Arabic
rare meaning "gorgeous" in Arabic رائع

Rayif m Turkish
Means "most merciful, most kind" in Turkish.

Rayis m Indian
Name - Rayis रयिस् ... [more]

Rayjohn m English (American, Rare)
Combination of Ray and John.

Rayjon m African American (Rare)
Combination of Ray and Jon 2.

Rayka f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Rayko.

Raykhanat f Chechen
Chechen form of Rayhana.

Rayla f English (American, Modern)
Combination of Ray and Ayla 3.

Rayla f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning unknown, possibly a rhyming variant of Layla.

Raylan m English (American), Popular Culture
A variant of Rylan, incorporating the diminutive Ray.

Rayland m American (Modern, Rare)
Perhaps inspired by Rowland or a modern name derived from combining the elements Ray- and -land. Ray- is also found in names Raymond and Raynard... [more]

Raylane f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Railane.

Raylee f English (American, Modern)
Combination of the phonetic elements ray and lee.

Rayleen f American
Variant of Raylene

Rayleigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raleigh and Raylee or possibly a transferred use of the surname Rayleigh.

Raylen m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Raylena f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Latinization of Raylene (Compare Jaylena and Kaylena). Also, see Raylee.

Rayley f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raylee.

Rayli f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raleigh.

Raylianna f English

Raylin f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raelyn.

Raylinn f English (Modern)
Variant of Raelynn.

Raylon m English (American, Modern, Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Raylan.

Raylona f American (Modern, Rare)

Raylyn f & m English (Rare)
Varient of Raelyn.

Raylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raelyn.

Raylynne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raelyn.

Rayma f English (American, Rare)
A feminine variant of Raymond.

Raymand m Obscure (Rare)
Variant spelling of Raymond.

Raymar m American (Rare)
A recently created name.

Raymart m Filipino
Short form of Raymond Martin. A bearer of this name is Raymart Santiago, a Filipino, TV host, actor, and comedian.

Raymen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
A variant of Raymond.

Raymie m English
Diminutive of Raymond and similar names.

Raymina f African American (Modern)
Probably an attempt at a feminization of Raymond.

Raymogene f Obscure
Combination of Raymond and either Imogene or Gene.

Raymon m English, Medieval Occitan
English variant of Raymond and Medieval Provençal variant of Raimon.

Raymonda f English, Dutch, Theatre
Feminine form of Raymond. It is the name of the titular character in the ballet 'Raymonda'.

Raymondo m Various

Raymone m African American (Rare)
Variation of Ramon, emphasizing the name Ray.... [more]

Raymonetta f English (Rare)
Possibly a Feminine Variant of the Masculine given name Raymond

Raymonte m African American

Raymunda f Medieval Occitan

Raymundus m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Raymond.

Rayna f Filipino, Cebuano
Derived from Cebuano rayna meaning "queen", which itself derives from the Spanish word (and name) Reina 1 meaning "queen".

Rayna f Arabic, Urdu (Rare)
In arabic Means "Peaceful Queen". In Urdu this is a variant of Raina.

Raynal m French (Rare)
Variant of Raynald.

Raynald m French, French (Belgian)
French form of Raginald.

Raynaldo m American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Reynaldo.

Raynara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Rainara.

Raynbow f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Rainbow.

Rayne f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Rayne, thus a variant of Raine. It can also be considered a variant of Rain.

Rayne f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Raynee f English (Rare)
Variant of Rainey or Rainy.

Raynell f & m English, African American
In the case of the African American masculine name it is a compound of Raymond and Cornell/Darnell.

Raynella f English

Raynera f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Rayner

Raynerius m History (Ecclesiastical, Latinized)
Latinized form of Rayner.

Raynier m Spanish

Raynold m English
Variant of Reynold.

Raynoma f African American

Raynor m Scandinavian
A Norse name meaning "mighty army." It is sometimes listed as an early version of the name Ragnar.

Rayö f Komi
Komi form of Raisa 1.

Rayon m African American (Modern)

Rayona f English
Variant of Rae.

Rayquan m African American (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, combining the phonetic elements ray and quan.

Raysa f Ukrainian, Russian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Ukrainian form, Russian variant transcription and Portuguese and Spanish variant of Raisa 1.

Raysel f Yiddish
Variant of Raisel.

Rayshad m African American (Modern)
Maybe a variant of Rashad.

Rayshard m African American (Modern, Rare)

Rayshaun m African American (Modern)
Variant of Rayshawn.

Rayshawn m & f African American (Modern)
Combination of Ray and Shawn.

Rayshawna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Clearly feminine form of Rayshawn.

Rayshon m African American (Rare)
Variant of Rayshawn.

Rayson m English (American, Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
An invented name. A combination of the name element ray and Jason/Cason. Also concedes with the surname Rayson.

Rayssa f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Raissa.

Rayvano m Dutch (Modern, Rare)

Rayven f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Raven... [more]

Ray'von m English (American, Americanized, Modern)

Rayxan f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Rayhana.

Räyxana f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Rayhana.

Rayya f Arabic (Rare)
Means "quenched" or "fresh, good scent".

Rayya f Indian
Name - Rayya रय्या... [more]

Rayyai f Indian
Name - Rayyai ( रय्यई )... [more]

Razaan f Muslim
Arabic,Persian,Turkish,Indonesian?

Razaaq m Arabic
Means "all provider" in Arabic. One of the names of Allah in the Qur'an.

Razak m Arabic, Malay
Arabic alternate transcription of Razzaq as well as the Malay form.

Razalee m Malay
Malay variant of Ghazali.

Razaleigh m Malay
Variant of Razali.

Razali m Malay, Indonesian
Malay and Indonesian variant of Ghazali.

Razaly m Malay
Malay variant of Ghazali.

Razan f Malay, Arabic

Razan f Arabic
From Persian رَزان (razan) meaning "vineyard". May alternately be related to an Arabic word meaning "balanced", or be a feminine variant of Razin.

Razanbek m Chechen (Rare), Dagestani (Rare)
Combination of Razan with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Razane f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi form of Razan

Razarious m English (African, Rare), African American (Rare)

Razbek m Kazakh, Mongolian
Derived from the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" combined with an uncertain first element.

Raze m & f English (Rare)
Possibly came from the word Razor, meaning is unknown. Variant of Rayze.

Razeet m Bengali (Hindu)
A rare name typically used by Bengali Hindus.

Razel f & m Hebrew
Means “the Lord’s secret” in Hebrew.

Razelle f Filipino

Razhab m Dagestani
Lak form of Rajab.

Razhan f & m Kurdish

Razhden m Georgian
The meaning of the first element of this compound name is uncertain. It might possibly have been derived from Middle Persian rōz meaning "day". As for the second element, that is derived from Middle Persian dēn meaning "religion"... [more]

Razi m Albanian

Razi f & m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "my secret" in Hebrew, a diminutive of Raz.

Razi m Malay, Indonesian
From the name of 12th-century Muslim scholar and theologian Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, whose name was derived from the city of Ray in present-day Iran.

Razia f Urdu, Bengali
Derived from Arabic رضي (radhiyy) meaning "satisfied, pleased, content".

Razib m Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali রাজীব (see Rajib).

Razie f Albanian
Variant of Razije.

Raziedda f Sicilian
Truncated form of Graziedda.

Razieh f Persian

Raziël m Dutch
Dutch form of Raziel.

Razielle f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Raziel.

Razif m Malay, Bashkir
Possibly derived from Persian راضی‎ (razi) meaning "content, pleased, satisfied" (of Arabic origin).

Raziff m Malay
Malay variant of Razif.

Razije f Albanian
Feminine form of Razi.

Razika f Kabyle (Rare)
Feminine form of Arezki

Razil m Tatar
Means "the best."

Razili f Ancient Hebrew
Ancient Hebrew name meaning "the Lord's secret."

Razin m & f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Means "calm, dignified, composed" in Arabic.

Razivia f Slavic Mythology
Old Slavonic variant of Živa and Zivena.

Raziya f Muslim (Rare), Medieval Arabic

Raziyat f Karachay-Balkar
Karachay-Balkar form of Razia.

Raziye f Turkish
Turkish form of Razia, meaning "satisfied, pleased".

Razmal m Muslim (Rare)

Razmig m Armenian
Variant transcription of Razmik.

Razmus m Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Rasmus.

Razna f Abazin
Means "silver" in Abaza.

Razon m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Rázsony m Medieval Hungarian

Răzvana f Romanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Răzvan.

Razvigor m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from Macedonian развигор (razvigor) "breeze".

Razwan m Bengali, Malay
Bengali and Malay variant of Rizwan.

Razzag m Dhivehi
Dhivehi form of Razzaq.

Razzaq m Arabic, Urdu
Means "provider, sustainer" in Arabic, derived from رَزَقَ (razaqa) meaning "to grant, to give, to provide". In Islamic tradition الرزاق‎ (al-Razzaq) is one of the 99 names of Allah.