Elements Starting with R

usage
type
ra 1 Sanskrit
Sanskrit affix meaning "acquiring, possessing".
ra 2 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of liáng.
ra 3 English
Phonetic element /ɹɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /ɹə/).
raʾa רָאָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to see, to perceive".
raʾā رأى Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to see, to perceive".
raʿa רָעָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to feed, to graze, shepherd".
racana रचन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "creation, preparation".
rad 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wheel".
rad 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "counsel, advice".
rādhā राधा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "success, prosperity".
raḍiya رضي Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be satisfied, to be content".
radovati Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to make happy, to gladden".
radŭ радъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "happy, willing".
ræd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "counsel, advice".
ræde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "prepared, prompt, ready".
rafa רָפָא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to heal".
ragin 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "law, decree, assessment, responsibility".
raginą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "counsel, advice, decision".
raha Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roe deer".
raḥam רָחַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to pity, to be compassionate, to love".
raḥav רָחַב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to enlarge".
raḥīm رحيم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "merciful".
raḥima رحم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to have mercy".
raḥma رحْمة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "mercy".
raḥman رحْمن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "merciful".
raʻi Tahitian
Tahitian word meaning "sky, heaven".
rai Japanese
Japanese goon reading of léi.
rāja राज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "king".
rajā رجا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to hope, to anticipate".
rajab رجب Arabic
Arabic word referring to the seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
rajanī रजनी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark, night".
rajĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "paradise".
rājīva राजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "striped".
rājya राज्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "kingship, empire, royalty".
rākā राका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "full moon".
rama Old Persian (Hypothetical)
Old Persian word meaning "peace".
ramaḍān رمضان Arabic
Arabic word referring to the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
raman 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "peace".
ramaṇa रमण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasing, delightful".
raml رمْل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "sand, geomancy, divination, magic".
ramos Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "calm, peaceful".
rán Chinese
Chinese character meaning "right, correct".
ran Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of lán.
rāṇā राणा Sanskrit
Sanskrit title meaning "king".
rana 1 𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic element possibly meaning "wedge".
rana 2 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "frog".
ranā رنا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to gaze, to look intently".
randi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
randiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
ráng 让, 讓 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "allow, permit, yield, concede".
rāṇī राणी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "queen".
rañjita रञ्जित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "coloured, pleased, delighted".
rant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
ranta Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "shore, beach".
ranŭ ранъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "early".
rasc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "quick".
rashada رشد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be on the right path, to be rightly guided".
rāshid راشد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "rightly guided, on the right way".
rashīd رشيد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "rightly guided, on the right way".
raśmi रश्मि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ray of sunlight, rope, cord".
rat Old High German
Old High German word meaning "counsel, advice".
ráð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "counsel, advice".
rath Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "wheel".
raþą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wheel".
ratha रथ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "chariot".
ratna रत्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "jewel, treasure".
raudaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "red".
rauxshna Old Persian (Hypothetical)
Old Persian word meaning "bright, shining".
ravi रवि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sun".
raw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".
rawḍa روضة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "meadow, garden".
ray English
Phonetic element /ɹeɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as ray, rae or rai.
raz רָז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "secret".
ṛc ऋच Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "praise, verse, sacred text".
re Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "we".
Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "go".
reaʿ רֵעַ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "friend".
read Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "red".
red Old Frisian
Old Frisian word meaning "counsel, advice".
rēdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "counsel, advice".
ree English
Phonetic element /ɹi/ in English names.
reek English
Phonetic element /ɹik/ in English names (typically African American). It can be realized in spelling as reek, riq, rique, and so on.
rees English
Phonetic element /ɹis/ in English names (typically African American). It can be realized in spelling as rese, reese or reece.
regalis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "regal, royal".
regin Old Norse, Old High German (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".
regina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rex).
reginbogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rainbow".
regnum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "royal power, reign".
regula Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rule, bar".
rei 1 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of líng.
rei 2 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of .
rei 3 Japanese
Japanese on reading of líng.
rei 4 Japanese
Japanese character meaning "wise", an on reading of lǐng.
rei 5 礼, 禮 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of .
reigaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heron".
reiks 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "ruler, king".
remedium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "remedy".
rén 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "man, person, mankind, people".
rén 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "compassionate".
rén 3 Chinese
Chinese character of uncertain meaning. Though written with the same character as rèn, it is pronounced differently.
rèn Chinese
Chinese character meaning "burden, responsibility, duty".
rěn Chinese
Chinese character meaning "to endure, to bear, to suffer".
ren 1 恋, 戀 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of liàn.
ren 2 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of lián.
rēnos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "expanse of water, waterway".
reʿuṯ רְעוּת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "female friend".
rex Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "king" (genitive regis).
rězati рѣзати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to cut".
rhipe ῥιπή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "throw, swing".
rhodon ῥόδον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rose".
rhoe ῥοή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "stream, river, flow".
rhyte ῥυτή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rue (herb)".
ri 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".
ri 2 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of .
ri 3 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of .
ri 4 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of .
ri 5 李, 리 Korean
North Korean reading of .
ri 6 Japanese
Japanese on reading of .
ri 7 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of .
ri 8 Japanese
Japanese on reading of .
Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "king".
Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sun, day".
riābu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "to replace, to compensate".
ric Anglo-Saxon
Old English affix meaning "ruler, king".
rice Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "power, rule, realm" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).
rico Medieval Spanish
Old Spanish word meaning "rich, wealthy" (of Germanic origin).
riḍan رضًا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "satisfaction, contentment".
ridan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".
rīdaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to ride".
rígain Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "queen" (feminine form of ).
rih Old High German
Old High German affix meaning "ruler, king".
rihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom, realm" or "rich, mighty" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).
rik Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish affix meaning "ruler, king".
ríkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ruler, king" or "mighty, rich" (from rīkijaz, a derivative of rīks).
rīks Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ruler, king" (of Celtic origin).
riku Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of .
rimti Medieval Baltic
Baltic word meaning "to calm down".
rin Japanese
Means "dignified, severe, cold", from a Japanese on reading of lǐn.
rīṇa रीण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "melted".
rinna רִנָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, singing, shouting".
ripa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "riverbank".
riparius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the riverbank".
rippel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "coppice, grove, thicket".
ris Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ardour, enthusiasm, glory".
risi Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "giant".
ritan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to ride".
ríða Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "to ride".
riuti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cleared land".
riv רִיב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to strive, to contend".
rivus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "stream".
rīxs Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "king".
riya रिय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "singer".
rizq رزْق Arabic
Arabic word meaning "sustenance, boon, blessing".
rm 𐤓𐤌 Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "to be high".
Japanese
Means "son", from a Japanese kan'on reading of láng.
robur Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "oak".
rocca Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "rock", possibly of Celtic origin.
rod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".
rod 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wheel".
rohaṇa रोहण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ascension".
rohiṇī रोहिणी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ascending".
rohita रोहित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "red".
rokh رخ Persian
Persian word "face, cheek".
roku Japanese
Japanese on reading of liù.
ron 1 English
Phonetic element /ɹɑn/ in English names.
ron 2 רֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, song, shout".
ron 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "spear".
rona Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "us".
rǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rim (of a shield)".
róng 1 荣, 榮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper".
róng 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fuse, harmonize".
róng 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "appearance, form".
róng 4 绒, 絨 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "silk, cotton, velvet, fabric".
rosa 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rose".
rosa 2 роса Old Slavic (Hypothetical), Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Slavic and Baltic word meaning "dew".
rosarium Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "rosary".
rōshan روشن Persian
Persian word meaning "light, bright".
rot Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "red".
rota Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wheel".
róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".
rotundus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "round".
ṛṣi ऋषि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sage, poet".
ṛtu ऋतु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "season, period".
1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "scholar".
2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "like, as, if".
rúad Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "red".
ruǎn Chinese
Chinese character referring to a type of musical instrument, similar to a lute.
ruber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red".
rudą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cleared land".
ruì Chinese
Chinese character meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious".
rum 1 רוּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt, to be high, to rise up".
rum 2 Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "roomy, spacious".
rūmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "roomy, spacious".
ruměnŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ruddy, rosy".
rún Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "secret lore, rune".
rùn 润, 潤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "soft, sleek".
run Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "secret lore, rune".
runa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "secret lore, rune".
runcare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to weed, to clear".
rūnō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "secret lore, rune".
ruò Chinese
Chinese character meaning "like, if".
rūpa रूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "shape, beauty, form".
russus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red, reddish-brown".
ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cleared land".
rūz روز Persian
Persian word meaning "day".
rūzeh روزه Persian
Persian word meaning "fasting".
rwm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be high".
rʾy Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to see".
ry English
Phonetic element /ɹaɪ/ in English names.
ryba рꙑба Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "fish".
ryddan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to clear, to strip".
ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".
ryō 1 Japanese
Japanese on reading of liáng.
ryō 2 Japanese
Means "clear", from a Japanese kan'on reading of liàng.
ryō 3 Japanese
Japanese on reading of liáng.
ryō 4 Japanese
Japanese on reading of liáo.
ryō 5 Japanese
Means "reality", from a Japanese on reading of liàng.
ryū 1 Japanese
Means "noble, prosperous", from a Japanese kan'on reading of lóng.
ryū 2 竜, 龍 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of lóng.