This is a list of submitted names in which the description contains the keywords mouth or of or river.
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Roscillus m HistoryRoscillus was a chief of the Allobroges, who had served Julius Caesar with great fidelity in the Gallic Wars, and was treated by him with great distinction.
Rościmir m PolishThe first element of this name is derived from Polish
rościć, which can mean "to claim, to lay claim to" as well as "to sprout". Also compare Polish
rosnąć "to grow, to sprout, to increase", Croatian
rasti "to grow, to increase" and Czech
růst "to grow, to increase"... [
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Roscius m Ancient RomanFrom a Roman nomen gentile, which was derived from Latin
ros "dew" via
roscidus "dewy, wet". This name was borne by several ancient Romans, one of them being an ancient Roman actor named Quintus Roscius Gallus.
Rosedale m EnglishA variant of Rosendale . habitational name from Rosedale (North Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ with an uncertain first element either hross ‘horse’ (genitive plural hrossa) or the Old Norse personal name Russi Ross
Rosegold m English (Modern, Rare)Derived from English
rose gold, the name of a gold-copper alloy which is sometimes also used to describe a colour that is golden yet somewhat reddish.... [
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Roselil f Danish (Rare)Possibly a combination of Danish
rose meaning "rose" and
lilje meaning "lily" or
lille meaning "little".
Roselil og hendes moder (
Roselil and Her Mother) is a Danish song by Christian Knud Frederik Molbech (1821-1888)... [
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Rosemene f Haitian CreoleCombination of
Rose and -
mene, a feminine name suffix commonly used in Haiti. The second element might be taken from
Philomène or from a name such as
Chrismene,
Dieumene,
Jesumene or
Viergemene in which it appears to originate from French
mène meaning "leads" (i.e., the aforelisted names appear to be derived from French phrases with religious meanings - "Christ leads", "God leads", "Jesus leads" and "the Virgin (Mary) leads", respectively).
Rosen m BulgarianDerived from Bulgarian
росен (rosen) "dittany (a type of flower)". This name is borne by Rosen Plevneliev (1964-), the fourth president of Bulgaria.
Rosencrantz m TheatreAnglicized form of the noble Danish surname
Rosenkrantz. Shakespeare used this name for a childhood friend of Hamlet in his play
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1600).
Roseo m ItalianDerived from the Latin adjective
roseus "pink, rosy, rose-coloured". A bearer of this name is RJ Rosales (a Filipino artist of Spanish descent). The name seems to originally come from Italy, though, since
roseo is an existing adjective there for "pink, rosy" (as opposed to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries) and because sources list it as a legitimate Italian name.
Rose Red f FolkloreEnglish translation of German
Rosenrot. This name was featured on the German fairy tale
Snow-White and Rose-Red by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Rósey f IcelandicCombination of the Old Norse name elements
rós "rose" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Rosh m BiblicalMeaning "Head." Rosh is the seventh of the ten sons of
Benjamin named in Genesis 46:21
Rosianus m Late RomanExtended form of
Rosius. A bearer of this name was Rosianus Geminus, who lived in the first century AD.
Rosién f & m IrishDiminutive of Róis or the Irish word for rose
Rosina f GermanGerman short form of
Euphrosina, common in the 1700s and 1800s, then almost forgotten and now being revived in recent years.
Róska f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)In the case of Icelandic avant-garde artist Róska (1940-1996), it was apparently a contraction of her real name,
Ragnhildur Óskarsdóttir (i.e. presumably formed from
R, the first letter of her given name, and
Óska, the first four letters of her surname - itself a derivative of the given name
Óskar).
Rosmerta f Celtic MythologyProbably means "great provider" from Gaulish
ro, an intensive prefix (hence "very, most, great"), combined with
smert "purveyor, carer" and the feminine name suffix
a. This was the name of an obscure Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility, abundance and prosperity... [
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Rosmina f TheatrePossibly a variant of
Rosmunda or
Romina. This name was used by Francesco Cavalli for a character in his opera
Giasone (1649).
Rosó f CatalanFrom Catalan
rosor meaning "rosiness, pinkness". This is the title of a Catalan song about a woman named Rosó that premiered in 1922 and soon became a staple in the repertory of Catalan popular music... [
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Roßlieb m German (Rare, Archaic)German calque of
Philipp as chosen by Philipp Wackernagel, derived from the Germanic name elements
hros "horse" (with modernised spelling) and
lieb "kind, dear".
Rosslyn f English (Rare)Either a variant of
Roslyn or, in more recent times, an adoption of the name of
Rosslyn Chapel in the Scottish village of Roslin which became famous overnight thanks to the publication of
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln in 1982 (and again two decades later when it featured in Dan Brown's
The Da Vinci Code (2003)).... [
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Rosso m ItalianItalian form of
Russus. A known bearer of this name was Rosso Fiorentino, an Italian painter from late medieval times.
Rossy f SpanishDiminutive of
Rosa 1 and
Rosana. Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), better known as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress, singer and model.
Rostevan m Literature, Georgian (Rare)Georgian sources state that this name is of Persian origin and means "straight, righteous" as well as "wise, sage" and "truthful". This should connect the name to Middle Persian
rāst meaning "true, straight, direct" and
rastīh meaning "truth", which have evolved into modern Persian as respectively راست
(râst) and راستی
(râsti).... [
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Rostomi m GeorgianForm of
Rostom with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Roswin m GermanCombination of the name elements
Hros meaning "horse" and
Wini meaning "friend".
Rotburg f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from the Germanic element
hrôthi "fame." 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."
Rotgard f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from the Germanic element
hrôthi "fame." The second element is derived from
gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic
gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
Rotgis m GermanicThe first element of this Germanic name comes from
hrôthi "fame." 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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Rothar m Germanic, HistoryDerived from the Germanic element
hrôthi "fame" combined with Old High German
hari "army." This name was borne by a 7th-century king of the Lombards.
Rothari m LombardicVariant of
Rothar. This name was borne by a 7th-century Lombard king of the house of Arodus.
Rothláin m Medieval IrishA pre-anglicised Irish version of
Roland (and the other related names), specifically used in a patronym surname from the medieval ages directly meaning "Descendant of
Roland".
Rotji m Nigerian, NgasA common name used among the Jos Plateau people of Nigeria. Meaning of the name is "love has come"
Rotrude f Germanic, HistoryVariant spelling of
Rotrud. Rotrude of Treves was the first wife of Charles Martel, a Frankish king from the Carolingian dynasty.
Roufuu m JapaneseFrom Japanese 朗 (
rou) meaning "bright, clear" or 浪 (
rou) meaning "wave" combined with 風 (
fuu) meaning "wind". Other combinations of kanji are possible.
Rougarou m FolkloreThe name of a werewolf-like creature in Laurentian French. It is derived from standard French
loup garou "werewolf" (where
loup means "wolf" and
garou is a borrowed word from Germanic
were-wolf via Frankish
garulf).
Rouge f Popular CultureMeans "red" in French, though it can also refer to the type of make-up. A famous fictional bearer is Rouge the Bat, a character in the Sonic games.
Rougned m South American (Rare)In the case of Venezuelan baseball player Rougned Odor, his first name is a combination of his grandfather's name,
Douglas, and his grandmother's name,
Nedia; in keeping with the family custom of giving boys names that begin with the letter "R", the "D" in Douglas was changed to an "R", yielding Rougned.
Rouichi m JapaneseFrom Japanese 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Rouma f JapaneseFrom Japanese 朗 (
rou) meaning "bright, clear" combined with 茉 (
ma) meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.