Names that Begin with R

• Rain

  Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.

• Raina

  Variant transcription of Rayna.

• Rainard

  Variant of Reynard.

• Rainbow

  From the English word for the arc of multicoloured light that can appear in a misty sky.

• Raine

  Possibly based on the French word reine meaning "queen".

• Rainer

  German form of Rayner.

• Rainerio

  Spanish form of Rayner.

• Rainger

  Rainger is a variant of Ranger.

• Rainier

  French form of Rayner.

• Rais

  Means "leader, chief" in Arabic.

• Raisa

  Possibly from Greek ‘ραιον (rhaion) meaning "more relaxed".

• Raisel

  Diminutive of Raisa.

• Raj

  Means "king" or "prince" in Sanskrit.

• Raja

  Means "hope" in Arabic.

• Rajab

  Means "respect" in Arabic.

• Rajani

  Means "the dark one" in Sanskrit.

• Rajender

  Variant of Rajendra.

• Rajendra

  Means "lord of kings", derived from Sanskrit (raja) "king" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra, used here to mean "lord".

• Rajesh

  Means "ruler of kings" from Sanskrit (riaja) "king" and (isha) "lord, ruler".

• Rajinder

  Punjabi form of Rajendra.

• Rajiv

  Means "striped" in Sanskrit.

• Rajiya

  Means "hopeful" in Arabic.

• Rajko

  Derived from Croatian raj meaning "paradise".

• Rajkumari

  Means "princess" in Sanskrit.

• Rajmund

  Polish and Slovene form of Raymond.

• Rajneesh

  Variant transcription of Rajnish.

• Rajni

  Means "queen" in Sanskrit.

• Rajnish

  Means "lord of the night" from Sanskrit (rajani) "night" and (isha) "lord, ruler".

• Rajya

  Variant transcription of Rajiya.

• Rakel

  Scandinavian form of Rachel.