Names starting with R

The Old German form of Reinfried.

The Old German form of Reynard.

The Old German form of Rayner.

An Old German form of Reinhild.

From the Old German elements regin "counsel, advice, decision" and mari "famous".

The Old German form of Raymond.

From the Old German elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and wolf "wolf".

A short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".

The medieval Irish form of Ragnhild.

The medieval Irish form of Ragnvaldr.

The modern Scandinavian form of Ragnarr.

From the Old Norse elements regin "advice, counsel" and herr "army, warrior". It is a cognate of Rayner. The legendary Viking hero Ragnar Lodbrok...

An Old Norse name from the elements regin "advice, counsel" and bjǫrg "help, salvation".

The Old Norse form of Randi 2.

An Old Norse name signifying "bright advice", from the elements regin "advice, counsel" and heiðr "bright, clear".

The Icelandic form of Ragnheiðr.

From the Old Norse name Ragnhildr, from the elements regin "advice, counsel" and hildr "battle" (a cognate of Reinhild).

The Old Norse form of Ragnhild.

The Icelandic form of Ragnhild.

The modern Scandinavian form of Ragnvaldr.

An Old Norse name from the elements regin "advice, counsel" and valdr "ruler" (making it a cognate of Reynold).

From Latin Raguhel, a scriptural variant of Reuel. It appears in some versions of the Old Testament at Exodus 2:18 as another name for Jethro, while...

A form of Reuel found in parts of the Latin Old Testament.

Signifies "spacious" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is a woman of Jericho who aided the Israelites in capturing the city.

Signifies "delicate, fine, thin" in Arabic.

From Javanese raharja signifying "prosperous, plentiful, abundant".

Signifies "rest, comfort" in Arabic.

An alternate transcription of Arabic رحيم (see Rahim).

The Hungarian form of Rachel.

The Biblical Latin form of Rachel, as well as a German and Estonian form.

The Romanian, Croatian and Serbian form of Rachel.

The Persian form of Rachel.

The Arabic form of Rachel.

Signifies "merciful, kind, compassionate" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition, الرحيم (al-Raḥīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

The feminine form of Rahim.

The Turkish feminine form of Rahim.

Signifies "mercy, compassion" in Arabic.

Signifies "merciful" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition, الرحمٰن (al-Raḥmān) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

From Arabic رحْمة (raḥma) signifying "mercy, compassion".

The Persian form of Rahmatullah.

Signifies "mercy of Allah", from Arabic رحْمة (raḥma) "mercy" combined with الله (Allah).

Signifies "merciful" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic.

Possibly signifies "seizer", from the root रभ् (rabh) "to take hold, to clasp". In Hindu astrology, this is the ascending node of the moon,...

A modern form of Rahula.

Of uncertain meaning, possibly from the name of the demon Rahu. The son of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) bore this name.

The Turkmen form of Rahim.

Of uncertain meaning. It might be an elaboration of Portuguese raio signifying "ray, beam", or it could be inspired by the Arabic names Rayyan or Rayh...

The Scottish Gaelic form of Robert.

The Irish form of Rachel.

Signifies "pioneer, explorer" in Arabic.

From Japanese 雷 (rai) "thunder" and 電 (den) "lightning". This is a regional epithet of the Japanese god Raijin.

Probably a variant of Raisa 1.

From Japanese 雷 (rai) "thunder" and 神 (jin) "god, spirit". This is the god (or gods) of thunder and storms in the mythology of Japan.

Originally a short form of Raakel or Rahel.

The Finnish form of Raymond.

A Catalan variant form of Raymond.

The Estonian form of Raymond.

The Italian feminine form of Raymond.

The Lithuanian form of Raymond.

The Italian form of Raymond.