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R

27 names

Names starting
with R.

12 girls · 13 boys

R is a rolling consonant whose pronunciation shifts dramatically across languages. Our database lists 27 given names that begin with it — 12 for girls and 13 for boys.

At the top of each list, Ruth (#187 in 2023) leads the girls while Robert (#88) leads the boys.

The most-used R names on this page draw from Hebrew, Latin, Welsh traditions, which is roughly the cultural footprint you'd expect from U.S. naming patterns.

The boy/girl split for R is fairly even, with neither side dominating.

Girl names

Starting with R.

From רוּת (Rūth), most often connected to a root meaning "companion, friend

From רָחֵל (Rāḥel), "ewe

The rose flower; fame, kind

Deep red gemstone

A 20th-century American name, likely from the Welsh Rhondda Valley (from Welsh rhoddni 'noisy' — the name of a river) or as an elaboration of Rhoda

From French Renée — the feminine of René, from Latin renatus meaning 'reborn' or 'born again'

From Latin rosa meaning 'rose' — the flower as a Christian symbol of the Virgin Mary

Girl ·Germanic

Feminine form of Robert, from Germanic hrod ('fame') + beraht ('bright'); 'bright fame'

From the Latin name of the herb rosmarinus — ros ('dew') + marinus ('of the sea'); 'dew of the sea'

A French elaboration of Rosa, "rose," formed with the Romance diminutive -alie

Anglicized from Ó Riagáin, "descendant of Riagán" (a personal name often glossed as "little king")

"White gazelle, desert antelope

Boy names

Starting with R.

Bright fame; from 'hrod' (fame) and 'beraht' (bright)

From Old High German Ricohard — rīc, "ruler, power," + hard, "brave, strong" — i

Little king; descendant of Rían

From Old French rous ('red-haired') with the diminutive -el; originally a Norman nickname for a red-haired or red-cheeked person

A short form of Randall or Randolph — from Germanic rand ('shield rim') + wolf ('wolf'); 'shield-wolf'

Boy ·Old English

From an Old English place name combining a personal name Hroda ('famous') with eg ('island'); originally a surname tied to Stoke Rodney in Somerset

A diminutive of Richard, from Germanic ric ('ruler') + hard ('hardy, brave'); 'brave ruler'

Medieval English form of Old Germanic Randwulf — rand ('shield rim') + wulf ('wolf'); 'shield-wolf'

Boy ·Old Norse

A diminutive of Ronald, from Old Norse Rögnvaldr — regin ('counsel') + valdr ('ruler'); 'wise ruler'

Spanish and Scandinavian form of Reuben, from Hebrew Re'uven meaning 'behold, a son'

Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Robert, from Germanic hrod ('fame') + beraht ('bright'); 'bright fame'

Rayan رَيَّان

"Well-watered, lush, satiated

Rachid رَشِيد

"Rightly guided, one who discerns the right path