Names that Begin with R

• Rosette

  French diminutive of Rose.

• Roshan

  Means "light, bright" in Persian.

• Roshanak

  Original Persian form of Roxana.

• Roshanara

  Possibly means "light of the assembly" in Persian.

• Rosheen

  Anglicized form of Róisín.

• Roshni

  Means "brilliance, luster" in Persian.

• Rosica

  Variant transcription of Rositsa.

• Rosie

  Diminutive of Rose.

• Rosina

  Italian diminutive of Rosa.

• Rosine

  French diminutive of Rose.

• Rosinha

  Portuguese diminutive of Rosa.

• Rosita

  Spanish diminutive of Rosa.

• Rositsa

  Diminutive of Rosa.

• Roslindis

  Old Germanic form of Rosalind.

• Roslyn

  Variant of Rosalyn.

• Rosmunda

  Old Germanic form of Rosamund.

• Ross

  From a Scottish and English surname which originally indicated a person from a place called Ross (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), derived from Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland".

• Rossana

  Italian form of Roxana.

• Rossella

  Variant of Rosella.

• Rostam

  Meaning unknown.

• Rostislav

  Means "to usurp glory" from the Slavic elements rosts "usurp" and slav "glory".

• Rostom

  Georgian form of Rostam.

• Roswell

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

• Roswitha

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

• Rosy

  Diminutive of Rose.

• Rotem

  From the name of a desert plant, possibly derived from Hebrew (retom) meaning "to bind".

• Rothaid

  Variant of Hrodohaidis.

• Rouben

  Biblical Greek form of Reuben, as well as a variant transcription of Armenian Ruben.

• Roul

  Norman French form of Rolf.

• Routh

  Greek form of Ruth.