Names that Begin with R

• Rasul

  Means "prophet, messenger" in Arabic.

• Ratan

  Variant (derived via Prakrit) of Ratna.

• Ratcliffe

  Ratcliffe is a variant of Radcliff.

• Rathbone

  Rathbone is an English name and it means "reedy brook".

• Rathburn

  Rathburn is a variant of Rathbone.

• Rathnait

  Means "little graceful one", derived from Irish rath "grace" combined with a diminutive suffix.

• Rati

  Means "rest, pleasure" in Sanskrit.

• Ratimir

  Derived from the Slavic elements rat meaning "war, battle" and mir meaning "peace" or "world".

• Ratko

  Derived from the Slavic element rat meaning "war, battle".

• Ratna

  Derived from Sanskrit (ratna) meaning "jewel".

• Ratnam

  Southern Indian form of Ratna.

• Ratree

  From the name of a variety of jasmine flower, the night jasmine, ultimately from a poetic word meaning "night".

• Ratu

  Means "queen" in Indonesian and Javanese.

• Rauf

  Means "compassionate" in Arabic.

• Rauha

  Means "peace" in Finnish.

• Raul

  Italian and Portuguese form of Radulf (see Ralph).

• Raúl

  Spanish form of Radulf.

• Rava

  Means "ravishing" in Esperanto.

• Raven

  From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English hræfn.

• Ravenna

  Either an elaboration of Raven, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.

• Ravi

  Means "sun" in Sanskrit.

• Ravid

  Means "ornament, necklace" in Hebrew.

• Ravinder

  Punjabi form of Ravindra.

• Ravindra

  Means "lord of the sun" from Sanskrit (ravi) "sun" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra, used here to mean "lord".

• Ravit

  Ravit originates in Hebrew language and means "you quenched your thirst".

• Rawiya

  Means "storyteller", derived from Arabic (rawa) "to relate".

• Rawya

  Variant transcription of Rawiya.

• Ray

  Short form of Raymond, often used as an independent name.

• Raya

  Diminutive of Rayna.

• Rayburn

  Rayburn is an English name and means "deer brook".