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Rabadan m DarginDargin form of
Ramadan. Another source suggests that it is derived from Arabic رب
(rabb) meaning "master, lord, king" and Persian دانا
(dana) meaning "wise, learned".
Rabadash m LiteratureThe ambitious crown prince of Calormen in 'The Horse and His Boy' by C.S. Lewis.
Rabah m Arabic (Maghrebi)Means "profitable, gainful, winner" in Arabic, from the root ربح
(rabiha) meaning "to gain, to win, to profit".
Rabastan m LiteratureInvented variant of
Rastaban. This is the name of Rabastan Lestrange, a character in the "Harry Potter" series written by J.K. Rowling.
Rabea f GermanMeaning unknown. This name became popular in Germany in the early 1970s, due to Rabea Hartmann (born in 1947), a German TV personality.
Rabeb f ArabicAlternate transcription of Arabic رباب (see
Rubab) chiefly used in North Africa.
Rabege f Medieval EnglishMeaning uncertain. This was used in the south of England in the latter half of the 16th century.
Rabekkah f English (Rare)A spelling of
Rebecca which seems to have been used in the 1600s and 1700s, and was apparently revived in the late 1990s.
Rabgay m & f TibetanFrom Tibetan རབ་རྒྱས
(rab-rgyas) meaning "very broad, very wide", derived from རབ
(rab) meaning "very, extremely" and རྒྱས
(rgyas) meaning "extensive, broad, wide".
Rabicano m Carolingian Cycle, LiteratureMeans "white tail", derived from Spanish
rabo "tail" and Spanish
cano "white". The original word described a horse with white hairs in its tail, though nowadays
rabicano refers to a certain coat color for horses, specifically in roans... [
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Rabren m SerbianLikely to come from "храбар" ("hrabrar"), which means "brave".
Rabuno f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (rabu) meaning "love, affection" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Raburi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
rabu) meaning "love, affection" combined with 璃 (
ri) meaning "glassy" or 莉 (
ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (
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Racana f TeluguMeans "arranging, composing", "stringing flowers" or "weaving wreathes" in Telugu.
Racer m English (Rare)Late Old English, from Old Norse
rás ‘current.’ It was originally a northern English word with the sense ‘rapid forward movement,’ which gave rise to the senses ‘contest of speed’ (early 16th century) and ‘channel, path’ (i.e., the space traversed)... [
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Rachamim m HebrewRachamim, Hebrew word for "mercy", which derives from the Hebrew word for womb, (rechem). Also means "compassionate".... [
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Rachan m ThaiMeans "monarch, lord, master" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit राजन्
(rajan).
Rachit m IndianCreation or to create. Language of origin: Hindi. Place of origin: India
Rada f ThaiMeans "delight, joy" in Thai.
Radagaisus m GothicRadagaisus (died 23 August 406) was a Gothic king who led an invasion of Roman Italy in late 405 and the first half of 406. A committed Pagan, Radagaisus evidently planned to sacrifice the Senators of the Christian Roman Empire to the gods and to burn Rome to the ground... [
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Radagast m LiteratureOne of the wizards in the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. His name may mean "tender of beasts" in Adûnaic.
Radamel m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)Best known for being the name of Colombian soccer striker Radamel Falcao (b. 1986). The meaning of the name is unknown. It may come from the surname
Radamel or even be a hispanicized form of
Radomil (via Slavic immigrants).
Radames m TheatreRadamès is a character, the captain of the guard, in the opera '
Aida' (1871). The setting of the opera is ancient Egypt, and the creators of the play likely invented the name to sound vaguely Egyptian by integrating
Ra into the name.
Radaši m VlachDerived from Vlach
raditi meaning "to work".
Radbald m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
bald "bold, brave."
Radbert m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
beraht "bright."
Radbrand m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old Norse
brand "sword."
Radburg f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Old High German
rât "counsel." The second element is derived from Gothic
bairgan (
bergan in Old High German) "to keep, to save, to preserve", or from Old High German
burg "fortress."
Raddai m Biblical, HebrewPossibly from Hebrew רָדָה
(radah) meaning "to beat down" or "to spread out". This name belonged to the fifth son of Jesse (according to 2 Chronicles 2:14).
Radegast m Slavic MythologyFrom Slavic radǔ (content, glad), or rad (kind, willing, happy), and gostŭ (host). Old god of Slavic mythology. He is considered to be a deity of hospitality, or host or leader of an assembly or council... [
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Radegund f Germanic, HistoryVariant of
Radgund. Radegund lived in the 6th century AD and was a daughter of Berthar/Bertachar, one of the three kings of Thuringia. She later became the second wife of Chlothar I, a Frankish king from the Merovingian dynasty.
Radel m RussianFrom the Slavic name element
rad meaning "willing"
Radfrid m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
fridu "peace."
Radgard f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Old High German
rât "counsel." The second element is derived from
gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic
gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
Radgast m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
Radger m GermanicThe first element of this Germanic name is derived from Old High German
rât "counsel." The second element is derived from Gothic
gairu (
gêr in Old High German) "spear", or from
garva (
garo in Old High German, and
gearu in Anglo-Saxon) "ready, prepared."
Radgild f GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Gothic
gild "sacrifice."
Radgis m GermanicThe first element of this Germanic name comes from Old High German
rât "counsel." The meaning and origin of the second element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from
gis (the original form was possibly
gîs), but we don't exactly know where
gis itself comes from... [
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Radgost m Slavic MythologyFrom Slavic radǔ (content, glad), or rad (kind, willing, happy), and gostŭ (host). Old god of Slavic mythology. He is considered to be a deity of hospitality, or host or leader of an assembly or council... [
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Radgrim m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old Norse
grîma "mask."
Radgund f GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
gund "war."
Radhard m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Gothic
hardus (
hart in Old High German) "brave, hardy."
Radhild f GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old Norse
hildr "battle."
Radiance f & m EnglishFrom Latin
radiare +
-ance. From the English word, defined as "the light or heat as emitted or reflected by something" or "great happiness", occasionally used as a given name.
Radigund f LiteratureVariant of
Radegund used by Edmund Spenser for a queen of the Amazons in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590).
Radija m & f VlachDerived from
rad and
raditi, which respectively mean "work" and "to work" in Vlach and Macedonian.
Radik m Tatar, BashkirDerived from Persian راضی
(râzi) meaning "pleased, satisfied, happy" (through an Arabic borrowing).
Radiy m Russian (Rare), Tatar (Rare)Variant form of
Radik. Also note that
radiy is also the Russian word for radium, an alkaline earth metal. The name was used in the Soviet era in reference to scientific progress.
Radman m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with
man "man."
Radmar m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
mâri "famous."
Radmehr m PersianPersian masculine name meaning "Generous and radiant, Giving sun".
Radmund m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
mund "protection."
Radna m & f BuryatMeans "precious, valuable" in Buryat, ultimately from Sanskrit रत्न
(ratna).
Radner m SovietDerived from the Russian phrase радуйся новой эре
(raduysya novoy ere) meaning "hail the new era", referring to communism and the Soviet period. This name was used by Soviet parents who were eager to reject traditional Russian names... [
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Radociech m PolishDerived from Slavic
rad "care" combined with Slavic
tech "solace, comfort, joy".
Radogost m PolishDerived from Slavic
rad "care" combined with Slavic
gost "guest".
Radola m Serbian, Croatian, CzechSlavicized variant of the Germanic name
Rudolf, most notably used by Czech military commander and politician Radola Geidl, whose original name was Rudolf Geidl.
Radomysł m PolishDerived from Slavic
rad "care" combined with Polish
myśl "thought" (which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic
mysliti "to think").
Radost f Bulgarian, German (Rare)Derived from Bulgarian
радост "joy, happiness". Radost Bokel is a German actress who played the titular character in the fantasy film 'Momo' (1986).
Radtrud f GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with
þruþ "strength."
Radul m VlachDerived from Vlach
rad meaning "to work".
Radvilė f LithuanianThis name is derived from
rado meaning "found" and
viltis meaning "hope."
Radwald m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Gothic
valdan "to reign."
Radward m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
wart "guard."
Radwig m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
wîg "warrior."
Radwin m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Old High German
wini "friend."