Rigzinm & fTibetan, Bhutanese, Ladakhi From Tibetan རིག་འཛིན (rig-dzin) meaning "holder of knowledge", derived from རིག (rig) meaning "knowledge, awareness" and འཛིན (dzin) meaning "to hold, to bear".
RikikazumJapanese From 吏 (ri) meaning "an official, officer", 輝 (ki) meaning "gleam, radiance, shine, sparkle, twinkle" combined with 積 (kazu) meaning "volume", 和 (kazu) meaning "sum" or 五 (kazu) meaning "five"... [more]
Rinzinm & fTibetan, Bhutanese Means "holder of wealth" from Tibetan རིན (rin) meaning "worth, value, riches" and འཛིན (dzin) meaning "to hold, to bear".
RinzomJapanese (Rare) From 燐 (rin) meaning "ignus fatuus, phosphorous, will-o-the-wisp" or 臨 (rin) "to look at, to confront", and 蔵 (zō) meaning "to hide, possession, ownership". Other kanji combinations are possible.
RitsukazumJapanese (Rare) From 率 (ritsu) meaning "rate, ratio, percentage" or 律 (ritsu) meaning "law" combined with 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" or 一 (kazu) meaning "one". Other kanji are possible.
RizalmIndonesian, Malay Derived from Arabic رجال (rijāl) meaning "infantrymen, footsoldiers" or "men", the plural of راجل (rājil) meaning "footsoldier" or رجل (rajul) meaning "man".
RizaldymFilipino Variant of Rizal Day, the Philippine national holiday (held on December 30th) commemorating the life and works of national hero José Rizal.... [more]
RizieromItalian (Rare) Meaning uncertain. It could derive from the Italian word riccio meaning "curly-haired" with the suffix -iero. Another etymology is from the French verb risier meaning "to laugh; to mock"... [more]
RizkmArabic Alternate transcription of Arabic رزق (see Rizq).
RizomJapanese (Rare) From 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic" or 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 三 (zo) meaning "three". Other kanji combinations are possible.
RizogulfUzbek Derived from riso meaning "satisfaction" or "purification of the heart" and gul meaning "rose, flower".
Rizumuf & mJapanese (Modern, Rare) This name has, technically, no meaning since it is written in hiragana or katakana. However, Rizumu, as a word, is a loan word of English origin meaning "rhythm."
RoazmArthurian Cycle In Wirnt von Grafenberg's 'Wigalois', The pagan king of Glois, evil and villainous, who sold his soul to the Devil and was thus able to use sorcery to take over many lands, including the neighboring kingdom of Korntin... [more]
RodzisławmPolish The first element of this name is derived from Polish rodzina "family", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic rodъ "family". Also compare Polish rodzic "parent", Polish rodu "family" and Polish rodny "fertile"... [more]
RomanozimGeorgian (Rare) Form of Romanoz with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი (-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
RongzhenfChinese From the Chinese 蓉 (róng) meaning "hibiscus" and 祯 (zhēn) meaning "lucky, auspicious, good omen" or 臻 (zhēn) meaning "attain" or "utmost, superior".
RosencrantzmTheatre Anglicized form of the noble Danish surname Rosenkrantz. Shakespeare used this name for a childhood friend of Hamlet in his play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1600).
RoszpunkafFolklore Polish name for Rapunzel, which is taken from their word for corn salad, also known as the Valerianella plant. This is also how the original German Rapunzel is named... [more]
Rotshidzwam & fVenda Means "we have been saved" in Tshivenda.
RozafPersian, Urdu The Persian word meaning "fast, fasting". Used as another term for the Arabic "Saum" meaning "fasting", which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
RozahfPersian, Urdu The Arabic term "Saum" meaning "fasting", which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is also known as Rozah by Persian and Urdu speakers so Rozah means fasting (referring to especially in the Islamic month of Ramadan).
RozhanitsafSlavic Mythology Allegedly means "woman giving birth" from Proto-Slavic *roditi "to give birth, to bear (fruit)". This is the name of an obscure Russian goddess who has a feast day in late December. She is a winter goddess and is usually depicted wearing antlers.
RozhinfKurdish Means "radiant", "brilliant", "glowing" in Kurdish.
RozhinafKurdish, Iranian Rozhina is a Kurdish/Iranian name and means = first morning light, first day, morning dawn, clear morning, purity and brightness, mother sun, like day ... [more]
RozyfJudeo-Greek, Greek (Rare), Jewish Greek form of Rosy. It is not a traditional Greek name except in Jewish communities where it mirrors the Judeo-Spanish name Rosa.
RübezahlmGermanic Mythology In Silesian legends, Rübezahl is the 'lord of the mountains' in the Riesengebirge. He is also described as a 'prince of gnomes'.... [more]
RuhəngizfAzerbaijani Means "one who inspires the soul", from Arabic روح (ruh) meaning "spirit, soul" and Persian انگیز (angiz), the present stem of انگیختن (angikhtan) meaning "to provoke, instigate, stimulate".
RyozomJapanese Ryo could mean "excellent", "cool, refreshing", "clear, help", "platinum, silver", or "reality, understand", and zo could mean "three", "storehouse", or "create, build".
RzaqulumAzerbaijani (Rare) Means "slave of Ridha", from the given name Rza referring to Ali al-Ridha combined with Azerbaijani qul meaning "slave".
RzędzimirmPolish The first element of this name is derived from Polish rządzić "to rule, to govern" (also compare Czech řídit and Slovak riadiť, both of which mean "to rule, to govern"). The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace".
SaanzfIndian From the Marathi सांज (sāñja) meaning "evening twilight", which itself is derived from the Sanskrit संध्या (sandhya) "twilight" (one time of the two - the evening and the morning), the name of the daughter of the Hindu god Brahma.
SabyrzhanmKazakh From Kazakh сабыр (sabyr) meaning "patience, forbearance, endurance" (of Arabic origin) and жан (zhan) meaning "soul" (of Persian origin).
Safargo'zalfUzbek Derived from safar, the name of the second month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
SafarniyozmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek safar meaning "journey, trip" and niyoz meaning "entreaty, alms".
Safaro'rozmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek safar meaning "journey, trip" and o'roz meaning "hope".
SafoniyozmUzbek Derived from the Uzbek safo meaning "clear, limpid" or "delight" and niyoz meaning "entreaty, alms".
Sagrado Corazónf & mSpanish (Rare) Means "sacred heart" in Spanish, referring to the sacret heart of Jesus (hence de Jesús is often suffixed in the full name).
SaharnazfPersian From Arabic سحر (saḥar) meaning "dawn" combined with Persian ناز (nāz) meaning "delight, comfort".