Names beginning with R

Rabia

Spring (the Sufi mystic)

Arabic/Urdu

Rachele

Ewe (Italian form of Rachel)

Italian/Hebrew

Rae

Ewe / sun ray (Issa Rae, HBO Insecure)

English/Hebrew

Rahel

Ewe (Rachel - Ethiopian + Eritrean + Hebrew biblical)

Hebrew/Other

Rahma

Mercy (Quran Bismillah + Surah Ar-Rahman)

Arabic/Urdu

Raisa

Rose; carefree

Russian/Hebrew/Greek

Ramabai

Indian educator-reformer (Pandita Ramabai)

Marathi/Sanskrit

Rani

Queen (Rani Mukerji + the Hindi word for queen)

Sanskrit/Hindi

Raquel

Ewe (Raquel Welch, sex symbol; Raquel Murillo Money Heist)

Spanish/Hebrew

Rasa

Dew / aesthetic essence (Lithuanian + Sanskrit)

Lithuanian/Sanskrit

Ratih

Moon goddess

Javanese/Indonesian

Ratna

Jewel, gemstone

Sanskrit/Indonesian

Ravneet

Lawful as the sun

Punjabi/Sikh

Reba

To bind (Reba McEntire, Queen of Country)

Hebrew/English

Rebeca

To bind (Rebeca Andrade, Brazilian gymnast, 2024 Paris all-around silver)

Portuguese/Spanish/Hebrew

Rebel

Defiant one (Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect)

English/Latin

Reena

Queen, melted (Hindi)

Sanskrit/Hindi

Reign

To rule (Kim Kardashian's nephew + the CW series)

English/Latin

Remedy

Cure / healing (modern American word-name)

Latin/English

Renée

Reborn (Renée Zellweger; Renée Fleming)

French/Latin

Reshma

Silk (Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code founder)

Sanskrit/Urdu

Reverie

Daydream (Claude Debussy's iconic piano piece)

French/Latin

Rhett

Advice (Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind)

Dutch/English

Rika

True fragrance / ruler (Japanese + Dutch heritage)

Japanese/Germanic

Rilynn

Courageous + waterfall (modern American compound)

American/Irish

Rina

Jasmine / joyous song (Rina Sawayama, John Wick 4)

Japanese/Italian/Hebrew

Rio

River (Rio de Janeiro + Duran Duran's hit)

Spanish/Portuguese

Rita

Pearl (Saint Rita of Cascia; Rita Hayworth, Rita Moreno)

Italian/Spanish

Roberta

Bright fame (Roberta Flack, "Killing Me Softly")

English/Germanic

Robin

Bright fame (Robin Roberts; Robin Wright; Robin Quivers)

English/Germanic

Roksana

Bright dawn (Polish form of Roxana)

Polish/Persian

Ronda

Good lance (Ronda Rousey, first UFC Women's Champion)

English/Spanish

Rosalee

Rose + meadow (Rosalie Cullen in Twilight)

Latin/English

Rosario

Rosary (Rosario Dawson, actress)

Spanish/Latin

Roseanne

Rose grace (Roseanne sitcom; classic American name)

English/Latin

Rosemarie

Dew of the sea / rose-Mary (Rosemarie DeWitt; Rose Marie)

Latin/English

Rowena

Fame and joy (Ivanhoe heroine; Rowena Ravenclaw, Harry Potter)

English/Germanic

Roxane

Dawn (Roxane Gay; Cyrano's Roxane)

French/Persian

Royce

Famous (Rolls-Royce; modern unisex)

French/Germanic

Rudrama

Kakatiya warrior queen (raised as a son)

Sanskrit/Telugu

Rumi

Roman, beauty

Persian/Japanese

Ruqayya

Spell / charm (Ruqayya bint Muhammad daughter of Prophet)

Arabic/Urdu

Rylan

Island meadow (Rylan Clark, UK TV personality)

Irish/English

Rylin

Courageous (modern American compound spelling)

American/Irish

Rūta

Rue (Baltic herb of grace)

Lithuanian/Latvian