Names that Begin with R

• Rosalind

  Derived from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and linde "soft, tender".

• Rosalinda

  Latinate form of Rosalind.

• Rosaline

  Medieval variant of Rosalind.

• Rosalva

  Variant of Rosalba.

• Rosalyn

  Variant of Rosaline using the popular name suffix lyn.

• Rosalynne

  Variant of Rosalyn.

• Rosamond

  Variant of Rosamund, in use since the Middle Ages.

• Rosamund

  Derived from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and mund "protection".

• Rosana

  Portuguese form of Roxana.

• Rosangela

  Combination of Rosa and Angela.

• Rosanna

  Combination of Rosa and Anna.

• Rosannah

  Variant of Rosanna.

• Rosanne

  Combination of Rose and Anne.

• Rosaria

  Italian feminine form of Rosario.

• Rosario

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

• Rosário

  Portuguese (feminine) form of Rosario.

• Roscoe

  From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "doe wood" in Old Norse.

• Rose

  Originally a Norman form of a Germanic name, which was composed of the elements hrod "fame" and heid "kind, sort, type".

• Roseann

  Variant of Rosanne.

• Roseanne

  Variant of Rosanne.

• Rosella

  Italian diminutive of Rosa.

• Roselle

  French diminutive of Rose.

• Roselyn

  Variant of Rosalyn.

• Rosemarie

  Combination of Rose and Marie.

• Rosemary

  Combination of Rose and Mary.

• Rosemonde

  French form of Rosamund.

• Rosenda

  Feminine form of Rosendo.

• Rosendo

  Spanish form of a Visigothic name composed of the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and sinþs "path".

• Roser

  Catalan (feminine) form of Rosario.

• Rosetta

  Italian diminutive of Rosa.