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The Name Begins With The Letter R:
ROGELIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Rogelius, which was possibly derived the name Rogatus, which was itself derived from Latin rogatus "request".

ROGER  m  English, French
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"...

ROGÉRIO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROGER

ROGIER  m  Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

ROHAN (1)  m  Indian
Derived from Sanskrit (rohana) meaning "ascending".

ROHAN (2)  f  Literature
From the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' by J...

ROHESIA  f 
Latinized form of a short form of various names beginning with the Germanic elements hrod "fame" or hros "horse".

ROHIT  m  Indian
Derived from Sanskrit (rohita) meaning "red".

ROI (1)  m  Galician
Galician short form of RODRIGO

ROI (2)  m  Jewish
Means "my shepherd" in Hebrew.

ROIBEARD  m  Irish
Irish form of ROBERT

ROIMATA  f  Maori
Means "tear drop" in Maori.

RÓIS  f  Irish
Irish cognate of ROSE

RÓISÍN  f  Irish
Pet form of RÓIS

ROK  m  Slovene
Slovene form of ROCCO

ROKSANA  f  Russian, Polish
Russian and Polish form of ROXANA

ROKURO  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of ROKUROU

ROKUROU  m  Japanese
From Japanese 六 (roku) "six" and 郎 (rou) "son"...

ROLAN  m  Russian
Russian form of ROLAND

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

ROLANDE  f  French
French feminine form of ROLAND

ROLANDO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of ROLAND

ROLDÁN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of ROLAND

ROLF  m  German, Scandinavian
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodwulf (see RUDOLF).

ROLLAND  m  English
Variant of ROLAND

ROLLO  m  English
Latinized form of Roul, the Old French form of ROLF...

ROLO  m  English
Variant of ROLLO

ROLPH  m  English
Variant of ROLF

ROLY  m  English
Pet form of ROLAND

ROMA  f  Various
From the name of the Italian city, commonly called Rome in English.

ROMAIN  m  French
French form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

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

ROMAN  m  Russian, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian
From the Roman cognomen Romanus which meant "Roman" in Latin.

ROMANA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMANE  f  French
French feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMANO  m  Italian
Italian form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMAYNE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of ROMAINE

ROMEO  m  Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Romaeus meaning "a pilgrim to Rome"...

ROMEY  f  English
Pet form of ROSEMARY

ROMILDA  f  Italian
Means "famous battle" from the Germanic elements hrom "fame" and hild "battle".

ROMINA  f  Spanish
Possibly a Spanish form of ROMANA

ROMOLA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of ROMULUS

ROMOLO  m  Italian
Italian form of ROMULUS

ROMULUS  m  Roman Mythology
Means "of Rome" in Latin... 

ROMY  f  German, English
Pet form of ROSEMARY

RON (1)  m & f  English
Short form of RONALD or VERONICA

RON (2)  m & f  Jewish
Means "song, joy" in Hebrew.

RONA  f  English
Variant of RHONA

RONALD  m  Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALD, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders...

RONALDA  f  Scottish, English
Feminine form of RONALD

RONALDO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of RONALD

RÓNÁN  m  Irish
Means "little seal", derived from Irish rón "seal" combined with a diminutive suffix.

RONDA  f  English
Variant of RHONDA

RONEN  m  Jewish
Derived from Hebrew רוֹן (ron) meaning "song, joy".

RONG  m & f  Chinese
Means "martial" in Chinese.

RONI (1)  f  Jewish
Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.

RONI (2)  f  English
Short form of VERONICA

RONIT (1)  f  Irish
Anglicized form of RATHNAIT

RONIT (2)  f  Jewish
Means "joy" or "song" in Hebrew.

RONJA  f  Swedish
Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden...

RONNETTE  f  English
Feminine form of RONALD

RONNIE  m & f  English
Pet form of RONALD or VERONICA

RONNY  m  English
Pet form of RONALD

ROOPE  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ROBERT

ROOPERTTI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ROBERT

ROOS  f  Dutch
Means "rose" in Dutch.

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

ROOSJE  f  Dutch
Pet form of ROSA (1)

ROPARZH  m  Breton
Breton form of ROBERT

ROQUE  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ROCCO

RÓRDÁN  m  Irish
From the older Irish name Ríoghbhardán, which meant "little poet king" from Irish Gaelic ríogh "king" combined with bard "poet" and a diminutive suffix.

RORIE  m  Irish, Scottish
Variant of RORY

RORY  m  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of RUAIDHRÍ

ROS  f  English
Short form of ROSALIND or ROSAMUND

ROSA (1)  f  Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Medieval name meaning "rose" in Latin.

ROSA (2)  f  Bulgarian
Means "dew" in Bulgarian.

ROSABEL  f  English
Variant of ROSABELLA

ROSABELLA  f  Italian
Means "beautiful rose" from Italian rosa "rose" and bella "beautiful".

ROSAIRE  m  French
Means "rosary" French.

ROSALBA  f  Italian
Recently created name meaning "white rose" from Latin rosa "rose" and alba "white".

ROSALEEN  f  English
Variant of ROSALYN...

ROSALIA  f  Italian
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose"...

ROSALIE  f  French
French form of ROSALIA

ROSALIN  f  English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSALINA  f  Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate form of ROSALYN

ROSALIND  f  English
Means "soft horse", derived from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and linde "soft, tender"...

ROSALINDA  f  Spanish, Italian
Latinized form of ROSALIND

ROSALINE  f  English
Variant of ROSALYN...

ROSALVA  f  Spanish
Variant of ROSALBA

ROSALYN  f  English
Medieval form of ROSALIND

ROSALYNNE  f  English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSAMOND  f  English
Variant of ROSAMUND

ROSAMUND  f  English
Means "horse protection" from Germanic hros "horse" and mund "protection"...

ROSANA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of ROXANA

ROSANGELA  f  Italian
Combination of ROSA and ANGELA

ROSANNA  f  English, Italian
Combination of ROSE or ROSA and ANNA

ROSANNAH  f  English
Variant of ROSANNA

ROSANNE  f  English
Combination of ROSE and ANNE (1) influenced by the name ROXANNE.

ROSARIA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of ROSARIO

ROSARIO  f & m  Spanish, Italian
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary"...

ROSCOE  m  English
From an English surname meaning "doe wood" in Old Norse.

ROSE  f  English, French
In part it means simply "rose" from the word for the fragrant flower (derived from Latin rosa)...

ROSEANN  f  English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROSEANNE  f  English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROSELLA  f  Italian
Italian pet form of ROSA

ROSELLE  f  French
French pet form of ROSA

ROSELYN  f  English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSEMARIE  f  German, Scandinavian
Combination of ROSE and MARIE

ROSEMARY  f  English
Combination of ROSE and MARY...

ROSEMONDE  f  French
French form of ROSAMUND

ROSETTA  f  Italian
Italian pet form of ROSA

ROSETTE  f  French
French pet form of ROSA

ROSHAN  m & f  Iranian, Indian
Means "light, bright" in Persian.

ROSHANAK  f  Iranian
Original Persian form of ROXANA

ROSHANARA  f  Iranian
Means "light of the assembly" in Persian.

ROSHEEN  f  Irish
Anglicized form of RÓISÍN

ROSHNI  f  Iranian
Means "brilliance, luster" in Persian.

ROSIE  f  English
Pet form of ROSE

ROSINA  f  Italian
Italian pet form of ROSA ...

ROSINE  f  French
French pet form of ROSA

ROSITA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of ROSA

ROSITSA  f  Bulgarian
Pet form of ROSA

ROSLYN  f  English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSS  m  Scottish, English
From a surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland...

ROSSANA  f  Italian
Italian form of ROXANA

ROSSELLA  f  Italian
Variant of ROSELLA

ROSTISLAV  m  Russian, Czech
Means "to usurp glory" from the Slavic elements rosts "usurp" and slav "glory".

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

ROSWITHA  f  German
Means "famous strength" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and swinþ "strength"...

ROSY  f  English
Pet form of ROSE

ROTEM  m & f  Jewish
From the name of a desert plant, possibly derived from Hebrew רְתֹם (retom) meaning "to bind".

ROWAN  m & f  English
Means "little red one", derived from Gaelic ruadh "red" combined with a diminutive suffix...

ROWANNE  f  English
Feminine variant of ROWAN

ROWENA  f  English
Latinized form of a Germanic name which possibly meant "fame and joy" from hrod "fame" and wynn "joy"...

ROWINA  f  English
Variant of ROWENA

ROWLAND  m  English
Variant of ROLAND

ROWLEY  m  English
Variant of ROLY

ROXANA  f  English, Spanish, Romanian
Latin form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "star"...

ROXANE  f  French, English
French and English form of ROXANA...

ROXANNA  f  English
Variant of ROXANA

ROXANNE  f  English, French
Variant of ROXANE

ROXELANA  f  History
From a Turkish nickname meaning "Russian"...

ROXIE  f  English
Pet form of ROXANA

ROXY  f  English
Pet form of ROXANA

ROY  m  Scottish, English
Derived from Gaelic ruadh meaning "red"...

ROYAL  m  English
Means simply "royal" from the English word, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalis, a derivative of rex "king"...

ROYALE  m  English
Variant of ROYAL

ROYCE  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from the Germanic first name Rohesia, which meant "fame kind".

ROYDON  m  English
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
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill".

ROYSTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "town of ROYCE".

ROZ  f  English
Short form of ROSALIND or ROSAMUND

RÓŻA  f  Polish
Means "rose" in Polish.

RÓZA  f  Hungarian
Variant of RÓZSA

ROZA  f  Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Means "rose" in the Slavic languages.

ROZABELA  f  Esperanto
Means "rosy-beautiful" in Esperanto.

ROZÁLIA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ROSALIA

ROZALIJA  f  Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovene
Lithuanian, Latvian and Slovene form of ROSALIA

ROZANNE  f  English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROZE  f  Lithuanian
Means "rose" in Lithuanian.

ROZENN  f  Breton
Means "rose" in Breton.

RÓZSA  f  Hungarian
Means "rose" in Hungarian.

RÓZSI  f  Hungarian
Pet form of RÓZSA

RU  m  Chinese
Means "scholar" in Chinese.

RUADHÁN  m  Irish
Original Irish form of ROWAN

RUAIDHRÍ  m  Irish
Means "red king" from Irish ruadh "red" combined with rí "king"...

RUAIDRÍ  m  Irish
Variant of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRI  m  Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRÍ  m  Irish
Variant of RUAIDHRÍ

RUAIRIDH  m  Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUARAIDH  m  Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUARC  m  Irish
Possibly means "squall, rainstorm" in Irish.

RUARIDH  m  Scottish
Scottish cognate of RUAIDHRÍ

RUBA  f  Arabic
Means "hill" in Arabic.

RUBE  m  English
Short form of REUBEN

RUBÉN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of REUBEN

RUBEN  m  Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch form of REUBEN

RUBENA  f  Esperanto
Means "like a ruby" in Esperanto.

RUBINA  f  Spanish
Elaborated form of RUBY

RUBY  f & m  English
Simply means "ruby" from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the birthstone of July...

RUBYE  f  English
Variant of RUBY

RUCHEL  f  Yiddish
Yiddish form of RACHEL

RUDI  m  German, Hungarian
Short form of RUDOLF

RÜDIGER  m  German
German form of ROGER

RUDO  m & f  African
Means "love" in Shona.

RUDOLF  m  German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene
From the Germanic name Hrodwulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf"...

RUDOLPH  m  English
Variant of RUDOLF

RUDY  m  English
Short form of RUDOLF

RUDYARD  m  English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "red yard" in Old English...

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

RUFARO  f  African
Means "happiness" in Shona.

RUFINA  f  Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Rufinus (see RUFINO).

RUFINO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Rufinus, which was itself derived from the cognomen RUFUS...

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

RUGGERO  m  Italian
Italian form of ROGER

RUGGIERO  m  Italian
Italian form of ROGER

RUH  m  Arabic
Means "spirit" in Arabic.

RUI  m  Portuguese
Old Portuguese short form of RODRIGO

RUKMINI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "adorned with gold" in Sanskrit...

RUMBIDZAI  f  African
Means "praise" in Shona.

RUNA  f  Scandinavian
Feminine form of RUNE

RUNE  m  Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore".

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

RUPERTA  f  Spanish
Feminine form of RUPERT

RUPINDER  f  Indian (Sikh)
Means "greatest beauty" from Sanskrit (rupa) "beauty" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA, used here to mean "greatest".

RUQAYYA  f  Arabic
Derived either from Arabic ruqiy meaning "ascent" or from ruqyah meaning "incantation"...

RURIK  m  Russian
Russian form of RODERICK

RUSLAN  m  Russian
Meaning unknown...

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...

RUSTAM  m  Iranian
Meaning unknown. Rustam was a warrior hero in Persian legend.

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

RUSUL  m  Arabic
Means "prophets, messengers" in Arabic.

RUT  f  Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of RUTH

RUTA (1)  f  Lithuanian, Polish
Lithuanian and Polish form of RUTH

RUTA (2)  f  Lithuanian
Means "rue" in Lithuanian. The rue plant is a bitter medicinal herb.

RUTE  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of RUTH

RUTENDO  f & m  African
Means "faith" in Shona.

RUTGER  m  Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

RUTH  f  English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"...

RUTHIE  f  English
Pet form of RUTH

RUUBEN  m  Finnish
Finnish form of REUBEN

RUUD  m  Dutch
Dutch short form of RUDOLF

RUWA  f  Arabic
Means "beauty" in Arabic.

RUXANDRA  f  Romanian
Romanian form of ROXANA

RUY  m  Spanish
Spanish short form of RODRIGO

RUYA  f  Arabic
Means "vision, sight" in Arabic.

RŮŽENA  f  Czech
Means "rose" in Czech.

RYAN  m & f  Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Riain meaning "descendent of Rian"...

RYANA  f  English
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYANNE  f  English
Feminine variant of RYAN

RYDER  m  English
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English ridere meaning "mounted warrior" or "messenger".

RYLAN  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "rye land" in Old English.

RYLEE  f  English
Feminine variant of RILEY

RYLEY  m  English
Variant of RILEY

RYO  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of RYOU

RYOICHI  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of RYOUICHI

RYOTA  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of RYOUTA

RYOU  m  Japanese
From Japanese 涼 "cool, refreshing", 遼 "distant" or 諒 "reality".

RYOUICHI  m  Japanese
From Japanese 良 (ryou) "good" or 亮 (ryou) "clear" combined with 一 (ichi) "one".

RYOUTA  m  Japanese
From Japanese 涼 (ryou) "cool, refreshing", 亮 (ryou) "clear" or 良 (ryou) "good" combined with 太 (ta) "thick, big".

RYSZARD  m  Polish
Polish form of RICHARD

RYUU  m  Japanese
From Japanese 龍 or 竜 which both mean "dragon".

RYUUNOSUKE  m  Japanese
From Japanese 龍 (ryuu) "dragon" or 隆 (ryuu) "noble, prosperous" combined with 之 (no) "of" and 介 (suke) "forerunner, herald".

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