This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is rare; and the length is 5.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Reeva f English (Rare)Possibly an Anglicized spelling of
Riva. This name was borne by South African model Reeva Steenkamp (1983-2013), who was shot dead by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius.
Regal m English (Rare)From late Middle English from Old French, or from Latin
regalis, from
rex, reg- ‘king’.
Renad f & m Arabic, Urdu (Rare)The meaning of this name is shared: some say that the meaning is "a flower/ perfume/ sand from heaven" or "a good smell long tree". Even this name is unisex more girls got that name.
Retsu m & f Japanese (Rare)Sino-Japanese reading of kanji like 烈 meaning "violent, furious; extreme, intense" and 洌 meaning "pure."... [
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Reyer m Medieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare)Medieval Dutch form of
Reier, which is nowadays a bit more common than Reier itself, but not as common as the modern (variant) spelling
Reijer, which is the most prevalent out of the three of them.... [
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Rhema f American (Rare)Derived from Greek ῥῆμα
(rhēma) meaning "a saying, utterance, word", literally "that which is spoken", a term used in Christianity to refer to the concept of
rhematos Christou "the word of Christ".
Ridan m & f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 莉 (
ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (
ri) meaning "village" combined with 暖 (
dan) meaning "warm" or 圓 (
dan) meaning "round; circle". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ridle m German (Rare)The name of the football player Ridle Baku was inspired by the surname of the German football player Karl-Heinz
Riedle.
Ridon m English (Rare)Anglo-Saxon in origin. It is a product of their having lived in Roydon, places found in Essex and Norfolk. The place-name Roydon is derived from the Old English elements
rygen, which means "rye", and
dun, which means "hill"... [
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Riera f Catalan (Rare)Means "torrent" in Catalan, taken from the Catalan title of the Virgin Mary,
Mare de Déu de la Riera, meaning "Mother of God of the Torrent," venerated at the hermitage in the Baix Camp municipality of Les Borges del Camp.
Rifke f Dutch (Rare)Dutch variant form of
Rifka as well as a variant spelling of
Rivke, both of which have the same etymological origin.
Rinzo m Japanese (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.
Risan m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Means "Blepharis" in Hebrew, this is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 126 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa over Arabia to Southeast Asia.
Riuko f Japanese (Rare)Archaic transcription of
Ryūko. The first element can also be written with
ri and
u kanji, such as 理
(ri) meaning "reason, logic," 生
(u) meaning "birth" or 宇
(u) meaning "eaves, roof."... [
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Rodin m & f French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)Originally a pet form of given names containing the Germanic element
hrod "fame". Usage of this name nowadays is probably mainly inspired by the famous French sculptor Auguste
Rodin (1840-1917), whose surname has the same etymological origin.
Roine m & f Swedish, Finnish (Rare)From the name of a lake in Häme, Finland. There are theories on the origin of this name, it could've come from Germanic
hreini meaning "clean, clear" or from Pre-Germanic/Baltic
*kroinis meaning "clean"... [
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Rokka f Japanese (Rare)From 六花
(rokka), an alternative reading of
rikka literally meaning "six flowers," used as a synonym for 雪 (see
yuki).... [
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Ronya f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Combination of the Hebrew name
Ron 2 meaning "song, joy" and
ya (יה), referring to the name of God, giving it the meaning "song of god" or "joy of god".
Róska f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)In the case of Icelandic avant-garde artist Róska (1940-1996), it was apparently a contraction of her real name,
Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir (i.e. presumably formed from
R, the first letter of her given name, and
Óska, the first four letters of her surname - itself a derivative of the given name
Óskar).
Rufin m Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare), French, Polish, Russian, Serbian, ProvençalBulgarian, Croatian, French, Provençal, Polish, Russian and Serbian form of
Rufinus.
Runfa m Chinese (Rare)From Chinese 润 (
rùn) meaning "soft, sleek" combined with 发 (
fā) meaning "money, prosper, rich, fortune". Other character combinations are possible.
Ryūkō m Japanese (Rare)This name can be used as 龍光 or 竜光 with 龍 (ryuu, ryou, rou, tatsu) meaning "dragon, imperial," 竜 (ryuu, ryou, rou, ise, tatsu) with the same meaning as 龍 and 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru) meaning "light, ray."... [
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Sabre f English (Rare)Form of
Sabrina used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century
Historia Regum Britanniae. Alternatively, the name could be taken from the English word for a type of sword with a curved blade, which probably is ultimately from Hungarian
szabla (14th century, later
szablya) meaning literally "tool to cut with", from
szabni "to cut"... [
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Saeki f Japanese (Rare)This name can be used as 冴希, 彩樹 or 彩木 with 冴 (go, ko, sa.eru, koo.ru, hi.eru) meaning "be clear, serene, cold, skilful", 彩 (sai, irodo.ru, sae) meaning "coloring, paint, makeup", 樹 (ju, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."... [
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Saime f Estonian (Rare)Variant of
Saima 2. The name coincides with the first-person plural past form of
saama "to get, to receive; to become; to be able to".
Sairy f & m English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)As an English name, it is sometimes used as a nickname for
Sarah, which is the case for Sarah Bush Lincoln, the stepmother of Abraham Lincoln. It is also the case for Sarah Gamp, one of the characters in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit, whose nickname is Sairey (Sairy in the 1994 TV miniseries).
Salas f Spanish (European, Rare)Means "halls, rooms" in Spanish. It is from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary,
Nuestra Señora de Salas, meaning "Our Lady of the Halls". This is the name of a hermitage in Huesca, Spain.
Sales m German (Rare, Archaic), Spanish (Rare)From the surname
Sales, borne by the Roman Catholic saint Francis de Sales. Used mostly as a second name to
Franz in Germany and Austria, deprecated in Germany in the 20th century because of its surname nature.
Samee m & f Urdu, English (Rare)As an Urdu masculine name, means "one who hears." It is a convention to use either a prefix
Abdus or a suffix
Ullah along the name, which gives meanings of the servant of All Hearing or hearer of God respectively.... [
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Sarco m Spanish (Rare)This first name is predominantly found in South America, although it is not very common there: one is much more likely to encounter the name as a surname there instead. Because of that, it is possible that the bearers' parents were inspired to give their sons the surname as a first name, just like it is done in English-speaking countries these days... [
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Sārta f Latvian (Rare)Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the Latvian adjective
sārts, sārta "pink, rosy" and the Latvian noun
sārts "bonfire".
Saulo m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of
Saul. Known bearers of this name include the Spanish poet Saulo Torón Navarro (1885-1974), the Brazilian pop singer Saulo Roston (b... [
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Seena f English (Rare)In the case of Danish-American silent film actress Seena Owen (1894-1966), it was an Anglicized form of
Signe, her birth name. It could also be a short form of
Thomasina and other names featuring this sound.
Seita f Sami, Finnish (Rare)Derived from Sami
siei'di meaning "holy stone", "special site where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits", via Proto-Sami
*siejtē and Old Norse
seiðr, both from Proto-Germanic
*saidaz "magic, charm".