Names that Begin with R

• Rakesh

  Means "lord of the full-moon day" from Sanskrit (raka) "full-moon day" and (isha) "lord, ruler".

• Rakim

  Rakim is a variant of Rahim.

• Raleigh

  From a surname which was from a place name meaning either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English.

• Ralf

  Variant of Ralph.

• Ralph

  Contracted form of the Old Norse name RáðÚlfr (or its Norman form Radulf).

• Ralphie

  Diminutive of Ralph.

• Raluca

  Meaning unknown.

• Ram

  Means "exalted" in Hebrew.

• Rama

  Means "pleasing" in Sanskrit.

• Ramachander

  Variant of Ramachandra.

• Ramachandra

  Means "Rama moon", derived from Rama, another name of Vishnu, combined with Sanskrit (chandra) meaning "moon".

• Ramadan

  From the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.

• Ramakrishna

  Combination of the names of the Hindu gods Rama and Krishna.

• Ramaz

  Possibly a Georgian form of Ramadan.

• Ramazan

  Turkish form of Ramadan.

• Ramazi

  Variant of Ramaz.

• Rambert

  Derived from the Germanic elements hramn "raven" and beraht "bright".

• Rameses

  From the Egyptian Rmssu meaning "son of Ra", composed of the name of the supreme Egyptian god Ra combined with the Egyptian root mes "son" or mesu "be born".

• Ramesh

  Modern transcription of Ramesha.

• Ramesha

  Means "ruler of Rama", derived from Sanskrit (Rama) , a name of Lakshmi (wife of the god Vishnu), combined with (isha) "ruler".

• Rameshwar

  Means "lord Rama", derived from Rama, another name of Vishnu, combined with Sanskrit (ishvara) meaning "lord".

• Ramesses

  Variant of Rameses.

• Ramessu

  Reconstructed Egyptian form of Rameses.

• Ramiro

  Spanish form of Ramirus, a Latinized form of a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ragin "advice" and mari "famous".

• Ramla

  Variant transcription of Ramlah.

• Ramlah

  Means "sand" in Arabic.

• Ramon

  Catalan form of Raymond.

• Ramón

  Spanish form of Raymond.

• Ramona

  Feminine form of Ramón.

• Ramsay

  Variant of Ramsey.