Submitted Names with 2 Syllables

Reeselynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Reese and Lynn.

Reetu m Finnish
A Finnish diminutive of Fredrik.

Reeva f English (Rare)
Possibly an Anglicized spelling of Riva. This name was borne by South African model Reeva Steenkamp (1983-2013), who was shot dead by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius.

Refaat m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic رفعت (see Rifat).

Refat m Arabic, Bengali, Crimean Tatar
Alternate transcription of Arabic رفعت (see Rifat), as well as the Bengali and Crimean Tatar form.

Refrain f English (Archaic), English (Puritan)
From the English word refrain meaning "restrain, repress", which ultimately derives from Latin refrenare "bridle, hold in with a bit". This was one of the rarer virtue names adopted by the Puritans, akin to the more popular Temperance.

Rega f Judeo-Spanish
Possibly a diminutive of Regina.

Regal m English (Rare)
From late Middle English from Old French, or from Latin regalis, from rex, reg- ‘king’.

Rege f Hungarian (Modern)
Derived from Hungarian rege "myth, tale, saga, legend".

Regenhild f Anglo-Saxon
Derived from Old English elements reġn "advice" (from raginą) and hild "battle". Cognate to Old Norse Ragnhildr.

Reghan f English (Rare)
Variant of Reagan.

Regien f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Régine, with its spelling phonetical in nature.

Rehan m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ريحان (see Rayhan) as well as the Urdu form.

Rei m Albanian (Modern)
Most likely an Albanian adopted form of Ray.

Rei m Biblical Hebrew (Rare)
Means "my companion" in Hebrew. In the Bible, Rei was one of David's most loyal supporters.

Reia f Japanese
From Japanese 伶 (rei) meaning "lonely, solitary" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 安 (a) meaning "calm, peaceful". Other kanji combinations are also possible.... [more]

Reier m West Frisian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
West Frisian form of the ancient Germanic name Reginher, which is a variant form of Raganhar (see Rayner).

Reiferd m German (Archaic)
From an ancient Germanic personal name with rīc ‘powerful, rich’+ frid ‘protection, peace’.

Reighlynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raelyn.

Reiho f & m Japanese
From Japanese 玲 (rei) meaning "tinkling of jade", 礼 (rei) meaning "a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist", 麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 澪 (rei) meaning "waterway, channel" combined with 帆 (ho) meaning "sail", 保 (ho) meaning "to protect; to safeguard; to defend", 歩 (ho) meaning "walk" or 甫 (ho) meaning "begin"... [more]

Reijer m West Frisian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Variant spelling of Reier, which is much more common than Reier itself.... [more]

Reiji m Japanese
From Japanese 零 (rei) meaning "zero" combined with 士 (ji) meaning "samurai, warrior". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Reijnier m Medieval Dutch
Variant spelling of Reynier.

Reilley f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Reilly.

Reily f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Riley.

Reilyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raelyn.

Reimar m German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic name created from the name elements ragin "advice" and mari "famous".... [more]

Reimei f Japanese

Reimei f Japanese
From Japanese 黎明 (Reimei) meaning "Dawn."

Reimer m Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of Reinmar.

Reimi f Japanese
From Japanese 玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade" combined with 実 (mi) meaning "reality, truth, fruit". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Reinaart m Dutch
Dutch form of Reinhard.

Reinbert m Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of Raginbert.

Reine f Japanese
From Japanese 怜 (rei) meaning "pity, sympathize" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Reinerd m Dutch
Dutch form of Reinhard.

Reinert m West Frisian, East Frisian, German
Frisian and German form of Reinhard.

Reinhart m German
Variant of Reinhardt.

Reinmut m German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic name formed from the Germanic name elements ragin "advice, counsel" and muot "mind, spirit".

Reino f & m Japanese

Reintje f Dutch, Frisian
Feminine diminutive of Rein.

Reio m Japanese
From Japanese 玲 (rei) meaning "tinkling of jade" combined with 王 (o) meaning "king". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Reira f Japanese
This name combines 怜 (ryou, rei, ren, awa.remu, sato.i) meaning "wise", 玲 (rei, re) meaning "sound of jewels", 麗 (rei, ura.raka, uruwa.shii) meaning "beautiful, graceful, lovely, resplendent" or 礼 (rai, rei, re) meaning "bow, ceremony, remuneration, salute, thanks" with 良 (ryou, i.i, -i.i, yo.i, -yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled", 来 (tai, rai, kita.su, ku.ru) meaning "become, cause, come, due, next" or 羅 (ra, usumono) meaning "gauze, Rome, thin silk."... [more]

Reire f Japanese
From Japanese 麗 (rei) meaning "lovely, beautiful" combined with 嶺 (re) meaning "mountain ridge". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Reirei f Japanese
From Japanese 玲 (rei) meaning "tinkling of jade" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.

Reisa f Japanese
From Japanese 麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Reiska m Finnish

Reita m Japanese
From Japanese 令 (rei) meaning "order, command" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Reito m Japanese
From Japanese 伶 (rei) meaning "actor", 嶺 (rei) meaning "peak, summit", 怜 (rei) meaning "wise", 澪 (rei) meaning "water route, shipping channel", 玲 (rei) meaning "sound of jewels", 礼 (rei) meaning "salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration", 禮 (rei) meaning "social custom, manners, courtesy, rites", 羚 (rei) meaning "antelope", 鈴 (rei) meaning "bell", 零 (rei) meaning "zero", 麗 (rei) meaning "lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent" or 黎 (rei) meaning "dark, black, many" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 月 (to) meaning "moon", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up", 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything", 音 (to) meaning "sound", 仁 (to) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 飛 (to) meaning "fly", 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate", 土 (to) meaning "soil, earth, ground", 燈 (to) meaning "lamp, light" or 士 (to) meaning "gentleman, scholar, samurai"... [more]

Rejab m Malay
Malay variant of Rajab.

Réjane f French
transferred use of the surname Réjane. This name may have been first been used in the 1880s thanks to the French actress Gabrielle Réjane, born Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju (1856-1920).

Rejo m Dutch (Rare)
Meaning unknown. The name might possibly be a modern invention, at least in the case of ethnic Dutch bearers.... [more]

Rejoyce f & m English (Puritan)
Unaware of the puritanical history of the name, modern users tend to consider it an alternate spelling of Rejoice influenced by the name Joyce.

Rejza f Sorbian, Silesian
Sorbian short form of Tereza and Teresa and Silesian variant of Ryjza.

Rekha f Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali
Means "streak, stripe, line" in Sanskrit.

Reki m Japanese (Rare)
From 暦 (reki) meaning "history, chronicle, record, calendar, clearly, pass time, cross over, sequentially" or 礫 (reki) meaning "stepping stone, pebble".

Reku m Japanese
From Japanese 令 (re) meaning "orders, ancient laws, command, decree", 嶺 (re) meaning "peak, summit" or 怜 (re) meaning "wise" combined with 空 (ku) meaning "sky", 来 (ku) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become", 玖 (ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine" or 句 (ku) meaning "phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph"... [more]

Reli f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Rahel.

Rella f English (Rare)
Short form of names containing rel, such as Mirella, Estrella or Aurelia or used as an independent name... [more]

Relmu f & m Mapuche (Rare)
From Mapudungun relmu meaning "rainbow."

Rema f Japanese
From Japanese 麗 (re) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 舞 (ma) meaning "dance". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rema f Italian (Rare), English (Modern)
Italian feminine form of Remo.

Rema f Soviet, Russian
Feminine form of Rem 4.

Rembold m Medieval German
Derived from the Old German elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and bold "bold".

Remény f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Hungarian remény "hope". Theories include that this name was coined as a translation of Nadezhda.

Remi m & f Spanish
Short form of Remigio and Remigia.

Remi f Yoruba
Short form of Oluremi.

Remi m & f English
English form of Rémi or a feminine version of Remy

Remi f Japanese
From Japanese 天 (re) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 瞳 (mi) meaning "pupil". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Remieg m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Remigius (see Rémy).

Reming f Filipino, Tagalog
Diminutive of Remedios.

Rémique m French (Rare)
Probably derived from Latin Remigius (see Rémy), likely via its variant Remicus.... [more]

Remko m Dutch
Variant spelling of Remco.

Remmi f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Remy and Remmy.

Remon f & m Japanese
Means "lemon" in Japanese.

Remu m Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means "noisy/boisterous celebration" and/or "clamor" in Finnish.... [more]

Remy f Filipino
Diminutive of Remedios.

Rena f Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Spanish reina, meaning "queen", and making it a cognate of Regina.

Renaat m Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Dutch form of Renatus. Known bearers of this name include the Flemish politician Renaat Landuyt (b. 1959) and the Flemish architect Renaat Braem (1910-2001).

Renai f & m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the names Ren and Ai 1.

Renald m Polish
An alternate Polish form of Reynold. It is used to render the name of Count Reginald I of Guelders in Polish as Renald I, Hrabiia Geldrii.

Rênas m Kurdish

Rendon m Popular Culture
Used in the role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins (2009). Possibly derived from the Spanish rendón meaning "bold, daring".

Rendra m Indonesian
Means "firm belief" or "straightforward, sharp" in Indonesian.

Rene f Japanese
From Japanese 麗 (re) meaning "lovely, beautiful" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Reneé f English
Spelling of Renée that puts the accent on the second e. This is how American actress Reneé Rapp spells her name.

Renen m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Renen (and / or Ranen) means "to chant", "to sing" or "to praise" in Hebrew.... [more]

Renfri f Popular Culture
Taken from the surname Renfrew.... [more]

Renge f & m Japanese
From 蓮華/蓮花 (renge), referring to the lotus flower that is sacred to Buddhists, as well as Hindus.... [more]

Renger m West Frisian, Medieval Dutch
West Frisian and medieval Dutch form of a Germanic name that was composed of the elements ragin meaning "advice, counsel" and ger meaning "spear".... [more]

Renhō f Japanese
Japanese transcription of Chinese 蓮舫, 莲舫 (see Lianfang).

Reni f Judeo-Spanish
Diminutive of Rena.

Renji m Japanese
means 'yearning love' or 'second love'... [more]

Renka f Japanese
From Japanese 怜 (ren) meaning "wise", 廉 (ren) meaning "bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful", 恋 (ren) meaning "romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling" pr 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower", 佳 (ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 歌 (ka) meaning "song, sing"... [more]

Renki m & f Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 吉 (ki) meaning "good luck". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Renko f Japanese
From Japanese 白 (ren) "lotus" and 子 (ko) "child."

Renleigh f English (American)
Variant of Renley.

Renma f & m Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" or 魔 (ma) meaning "demon, evil spirit". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rennard m English
Transferred use of the surname Rennard.

Rennie m & f English
Diminutive of names containing the element ren, such as Rene, Irene, Rennard or Warren.

Reno f & m Japanese

Reno m & f Italian, Popular Culture, Spanish
Short form of Moreno and other names ending in -reno.

Ren'on m Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 音 (on) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.

Renon f Japanese
From Japanese 恋 (ren) meaning "love" combined with 音 (on) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Renpei m Japanese
From 廉 (ren) meaning "clean, honest, inexpensive" and 兵 (pei) meaning "soldier, battle, war". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Renren f Japanese
From Japanese 恋 (ren) meaning "love" combined with 櫺 (ren) meaning "carved or patterned window sills". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also be used to form this name.

Renri f & m Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Renrin f Japanese
From Japanese 漣 (ren) meaning "ripples" combined with 麟 (rin) meaning "scale". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rensje f Dutch
Diminutive and feminine form of Rens.

Rensuke m Japanese
From Japanese 廉 (ren) meaning "grounds, suspicion" or 練 (ren) meaning "white silk" combined with 介 (suke) meaning "shell, shellfish". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Renta m Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big". Other combinations of kanji are possible.

Rento m Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" or 伶 (ren) meaning "lonely, solitary" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person" or 広 (to) meaning "vast, wide". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Renton m English
This name appears to be a shortened version of the old English personal name, Raegenweald. Renton is thus the 'tun' or small village, of Raegen... [more]

Renu f Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Thai, Nepali
Derived from Sanskrit रेणु (renu) meaning "dust, pollen".

Ren'ya m & f Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 夜 (ya) meaning "night, evening". Other kanji combinations can also make up this name.

Renyo f Japanese
From Japanese 廉 (ren) meaning "bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful" combined with 与 (yo) meaning "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" or 代 (yo) meaning "world, society, age, generation, era of rule"... [more]

Renzou m Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 三 (zou) meaning "three". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Reo m & f Japanese (Modern)
Borrowed from Leo, as seen in the occasional usage of 獅 (or 獅子), on its own or as a first element kanji.... [more]

Reo f Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Rhoeo.

Reon m & f Japanese (Modern)
Borrowed from Leon, as seen in the occasional usage of 獅 (or 獅子), on its own or as a first element kanji.... [more]

Repoš m Medieval Serbian
Either from Serbian реп (rep) meaning “tail” or Serbian репа (repa) meaning “turnip, beet” combined with a diminutive suffix. Originally used as a surname in the 14th century, some would later use it as a first name in the 15th century.

Rere f Japanese
From Japanese 怜 (re) meaning "pity, sympathize", 零 (re) meaning "zero" or 麗 (re) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji... [more]

Rerun m Literature
In Peanuts, Rerun is the younger brother of Lucy and Linus.

Resa f English, German, Spanish, Literature
Short form of Theresa or Teresa.... [more]

Resi f German (Austrian)
Diminutive of Therese

Resna f Bengali (Muslim)
The name ‘Resna’ started to gain its popularity in the 1990’s and originated in Bangldesh which means ‘Admired'. Although not in the Bengali dictionary, the meaning of the name is well known internationally.

Ressie f American
Diminutive of Theresa.

Resty m & f Filipino
Common diminutive of Restituto. This is also occasionally used as a diminutive of Restituta.

Retno f & m Javanese
From Javanese rêtna meaning "diamond, jewel", ultimately from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna).

Retsu m & f Japanese (Rare)
Sino-Japanese reading of kanji like 烈 meaning "violent, furious; extreme, intense" and 洌 meaning "pure."... [more]

Retta f English
Diminutive of Loretta, Margaretta and other names ending in retta. In the case of comedian Retta, it's a diminutive for Marietta.

Rettie f English
Diminutive of Margaret, Loretta, and other names containing -ret-.

Return m English (Puritan, Rare, Archaic)
From the English word meaning "to come back" (itself from Old French re- "back" and torner "to turn"), which was given to a boy born in 1708 in Guilford, Connecticut, supposedly in memory of an incident from his parents' courtship; it is popularly claimed that his mother, Hannah Willard (1674-1749) - after repeatedly rejecting his father, Janna Meigs (1672-1739) - finally relented, crying to him as he rode away "Return, Janna, return!" The name has since been borne by more than a dozen of Return Meigs' descendants, including his son, Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823), and grandson, Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr... [more]

Reubin m Hebrew
Variant of Reuben.

Reut f Hebrew
means: visibility

Reva f Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Revolyutsiya.

Revan m Popular Culture
Revan is the name of a fictional character in the 'Star Wars' universe, known as both a Jedi and a Sith (as Darth Revan). Revan is the main character in the RPG 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' (2003) and appears in numerous other 'Star Wars' media... [more]

Revi f Hebrew
Short form of Revital.

Revlyn f English (American, Rare)
Variant form of Revelynne.

Rewa f Indian
Variant of Reva.

Rewa f Maori
Means 'elevation' in Maori.

Rewalt m Dutch (Rare)
A dithematic name formed of the Frisian name element RÊD "advice, council" (ultimately from Germanic rat) and walt "power, leader, ruler".... [more]

Rewat m Thai
Derived from Sanskrit रेवत् (revat) meaning "wealthy, prosperous, abundant".

Rewerd m East Frisian
Formed from the Frisian name elements RÊD "advice, council" and WARD "to guard".

Rexine f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Rex. It may have been modeled on Maxine and influenced by Rexanne.

Rexton m English (American, Modern)
Combination of the name Rex with the suffix -ton.

Reydan f African
The name Reydan means "Gift of God, Handsome King". The most time this name was used was in 2017 when only 5 boys were named Reydan

Reyer m Medieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare)
Medieval Dutch form of Reier, which is nowadays a bit more common than Reier itself, but not as common as the modern (variant) spelling Reijer, which is the most prevalent out of the three of them.... [more]

Reygan f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Reagan.

Reylin f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Raelyn.

Reylyn f Filipino (Rare)
Combination of Rey and the popular suffix -lyn.

Reymar m & f Filipino, Spanish (Latin American)
Combination of Rey-, from names beginning with this pattern, e.g. Reynaldo, and -mar, from names beginning in that pattern such as María or Maribel.

Reymark m Filipino
Combination of Reynaldo or Rey and Mark.

Reymart m Filipino
Conbination of Reynaldo or Rey and Martin.

Reyna f Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Reina.

Reynaert m Medieval Dutch, Literature
Medieval Dutch form of Reinhard.... [more]

Reynald m English
Variant of Reynold.

Reynier m Medieval Dutch
Medieval Dutch form of Reinier.

Reynir m Icelandic
Taken directly from Icelandic and Old Norse reynir meaning "rowan, mountain ash".

Reynolds m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Reynolds.

Reynolds m & f English
English

Reyður m Faroese
Means "red" in Faroese.

Rêzan m Kurdish

Rezia m Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
From the Hebrew name רִצְיָא (Ritzya) meaning "delight". Possibly from the root רָצוֹן (ratzon) meaning "desire, wish, favor, goodwill". In the Book of 1 Chronicles, Rezia was one of the sons of Ulla, an Asherite.

Rezin m Hebrew
Means "Wish"

Rezki m Kabyle
Variant of Arezki.

Rezo m Georgian
Short form of Revaz.

Rezwan m Bengali
Bengali form of Ridwan.

Rezzo m German (Modern, Rare)
Of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]

Rheagan f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Reagan.

Rheena f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Rena or Rina 1.

Rhema f American (Rare)
Derived from Greek ῥῆμα (rhēma) meaning "a saying, utterance, word", literally "that which is spoken", a term used in Christianity to refer to the concept of rhematos Christou "the word of Christ".

Rhene f Greek Mythology
The name of two different nymphs in Greek mythology, one an oread of Mount Cyllene and lover of Hermes, the other the mother of Medon by Oïleus.

Rheta f English (American)
Possibly a variant of Rita, the spelling perhaps influenced by that of Rhea or Greek ῥήτωρ (rhetor) "public speaker, orator"... [more]

Rhettley m & f English (American, Rare)
Combination of the name Rhett and the popular suffix -ley.

Rheya f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Rhea.

Rhia f English (Rare), Welsh (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Rhea, Ria, Rhiannon, or Rhian.

Rhidian m Welsh
Possibly a derivative of Old Welsh rudd "red", in which case it is a cognate of Ruadhán. This was the name of an early Welsh saint, remembered in the parish and village of Llanrhidian on Gower.

Rhindon m Literature
Used by British author C.S. Lewis in his 1950s fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. Given to the sword of Peter Pevensie.

Rhobert m Welsh
Welsh form of Robert.

Rhody f English (American, Archaic)
Diminutive of Rhoda used in the Victorian era.

Rhoneil m Filipino (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Roniel.

Rhonice f African American (Modern)

Rhoslyn f Welsh
Welsh form of Rosaline.

Rhoswen f Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements rhos "rose" (cf. Rhosyn) and gwen "white, pure, holy, fair".

Rhowan m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Rowan.

Rhubarb m English (American)

Rhut f Spanish (Rare), Indonesian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Dutch (Archaic)
Variant of Ruth 1.

Rhyatt m & f English (American, Modern)
Alternate spelling of Riot.

Rhydian m Welsh
Variant of Rhidian.

Rhylee f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Reilly.

Rhysand m Literature
Created by author Sarah J. Maas for 'A Court of Thorns and Roses series'.

Rhythm m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the word referring to metrical movement, derived via Latin from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhythmós) meaning "measured flow/movement, symmetry, arrangement, order, form."

Ria f Japanese
From Japanese 莉 (ri) meaning "Asian pear" combined with 朱 (a) meaning "crimson". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Ríadh f Irish (Modern)
Directly taken from Irish ríadh meaning "interest".

Ri-Ahn f & m Korean
Variant transcription of Korean Hangul 리안 (see Ri-An).

Ríain m Irish

Ri-An f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 利 (ri) meaning "sharp, favorable, advantage", 俐 (ri) meaning "clever", 悧 (ri) meaning "smooth, active, clever", 理 (ri) meaning "inner essence, texture reason", 里 (ri) meaning "inside; interior, lining", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 李 (ri) meaning "plum", 璃 (ri) meaning "colored glaze, glass", 莉 (ri) meaning "jasmine", or 鯉 (ri) meaning "carp" combined with 安 (an) meaning "safe; secure, content", 晏 (an) meaning "quiet", 案 (an) meaning "incident; record; file", 顔 (an) meaning "face", 岸 (an) meaning "bank; shore; beach", or 眼 (an) meaning "eye"... [more]

Rian f & m Japanese
From Japanese 利 (ri) meaning "benefit; advantage" combined with 杏 (an) meaning "apricot". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Ribon f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (ribon) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well. ... [more]

Ribut m & f Javanese
Means "storm, tempest, uproar, chaos" in Javanese.

Ricci m English (American)
Either a transferred use of the surname Ricci or a variant of Ricky.

Richarde f French (Rare)
French form of Richarda. Saint Richardis, known as Richarde in French, was the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Charles III ("the Fat").

Richati f Indian
MEANING - honour, to honour... [more]

Richèl f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant spelling of Richelle (which is far more popular). A known bearer of this name is the Dutch professional tennis player Richèl Hogenkamp (b. 1992).

Richele f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Richelle

Richey m English
Variant of Richie.

Richi f Japanese
From Japanese 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit" combined with 地 (chi) meaning "earth; ground". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Ricklef m German (Rare), East Frisian
Variant of Riklef.

Rickmer m Low German (Rare)
A dithematic name formed from the Germanic name elements ric "ruler" and mari "famous".

Rickwin m Medieval Dutch, Dutch
Medieval Dutch variant form of Ryckwyn. Of the many medieval variations, this is the only one that has survived to today, although it is rarely used.

Riddick m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Riddick. A famous fictional bearer of the surname was the (anti)hero Richard B. Riddick from the 'Chronicles of Riddick' movies.

Rider m English (Modern)
From a surname that was a variant of Ryder. This name was borne by the British novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), generally known as H. Rider Haggard or Rider Haggard.

Rideum f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
Borrowed from English Rhythm.

Ridgely m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Ridgely.... [more]

Ridgeway m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Ridgeway.

Ridho m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Ridha.

Ridle m German (Rare)
The name of the football player Ridle Baku was inspired by the surname of the German football player Karl-Heinz Riedle.

Rido m German (Rare)

Riedel m Minahasan
Transferred use of the surname Riedel as a given name. In Minahasa, this name is used in honor of Johann Friedrich Riedel (1798–1860), a German missionary who brought Christianity to the local people, alongside with Johann Gottlieb Schwarz.

Rieka f German (Rare), Dutch
Variant of Rika.

Rieke f German, Dutch
Short form of feminine names that contain the Germanic element rih meaning "ruler, king" (such as Friederike and Henrike and their variant forms and spellings).

Rieke f Dutch
Diminutive of Rie, as it contains the Dutch diminutive suffix -ke.... [more]

Rieko m Dutch (Rare), Frisian (Rare), German (Rare)
Probably a Low German diminutive of Hendrik.

Rieme f & m West Frisian
West Frisian short form of names that have Germanic hrôthi Anglo-Frisian hreth- "glory, fame" as a first element, such as Rodmar and Rotburg.

Riemer m West Frisian
Strictly masculine form of Rieme.

Riemert m West Frisian
Variant of Riemer.

Riemke f West Frisian
Feminine diminutive form of Riem or Rieme.

Rietje f German, Dutch
Short form of Marietje.

Rifa m Shona
It means "legacy; inheritance".

Rifaat m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic رفعت (see Rifat).

Rifke f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant form of Rifka as well as a variant spelling of Rivke, both of which have the same etymological origin.

Rigard m Manx
Manx form of Richard.

Rigdzin m & f Tibetan
Alternate transcription of Tibetan རིག་འཛིན (see Rigzin).

Rigley m & f American
Transferred use of the surname Rigley (See also Rigby, Ridley and Ripley).

Rigo m Asturian
Diminutive of Rodrigo.

Rigzin m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese, Ladakhi
From Tibetan རིག་འཛིན (rig-dzin) meaning "holder of knowledge", derived from རིག (rig) meaning "knowledge, awareness" and འཛིན (dzin) meaning "to hold, to bear".

Riha f Japanese
From Japanese 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rihe f Chinese
From Chinese 日 (rì) meaning "sun, day" combined with 和 (hé) meaning "harmony, sum", 河 (hé) meaning "river", 荷 (hé) meaning "mint, peppermint, lotus", 合 (hé) meaning "combine", or 鹤 (hè) meaning "crane"... [more]

Riho f Japanese
From Japanese 利 (ri) meaning "profit, advantage, benefit", 李 (ri) meaning "plum", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 理 (ri) meaning "logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli", 里 (ri) meaning "village", 麗 (ri) meaning "lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent", 六 (ri) meaning "six", 凛 (ri) meaning "dignified, severe, cold", 澪 (ri) meaning "water route, shipping channel", 莉 (ri) meaning "jasmine" or 凜 (ri) meaning "cold, strict, severe" combined with 帆 (ho) meaning "sail", 歩 (ho) meaning "walk", 穂 (ho) meaning "ear of grain", 畝 (ho) meaning "furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge, rib", 芳 (ho) meaning "perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant", 星 (ho) meaning "star", 萌 (ho) meaning "bud, sprout", 保 (ho) meaning "protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support" or 秀 (ho) meaning "excellent, outstanding"... [more]

Rihttá f Sami
Variant of Riittá.

Riia f Finnish
A Finnish variant spelling of Ria. Finnish name day July 2.

Riidá f Sami
Variant of Riittá.

Riiga f Sami
Sami form of Rika.

Riigu m Sami
Sami form of Reko.

Riiko f Japanese
From Japanese 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit", 委 (i) meaning "committee" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Riiko m Finnish (Rare)
Possibly a Finnish diminutive of Rikhard.

Riimi f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "rhyme" in Finnish.

Ri-in f Korean (Rare)
From Sino-Korean 莉 (ri) meaning "jasmine" and 仁 (in) meaning "benevolent, kind, virtuous". Other hanja can be used.

Riina f Japanese
From Japanese 里 (ri) meaning "village", 唯 (i) meaning "just, only, simply" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Riisa f Japanese
From Japanese 李 (ri) meaning "plum", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic" or 里 (ri) meaning "village", 依 (i) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to" or 衣 (i) meaning "garment, clothes, dressing" combined with 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze" or 彩 (sa) meaning "colour"... [more]

Rijckwijn m Medieval Dutch
Variant spelling of Ryckwyn.

Rijkert m Dutch
Dutch form of Richard.

Rijklof m Dutch
Dutch form of Riculf (also compare Roelof for the -lof ending). The name is perhaps best known because of Rijcklof van Goens (Rijcklof is an archaic spelling), a 17th-century Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

Rijkwijn m Dutch (Archaic)
Archaic Dutch form of Ricwin via the medieval Rijckwijn. This name was mostly seen in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Rika f Japanese
From Japanese 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 里 (ri) meaning "village", or 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 花 or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower", 佳 (ka) meaning "good, beautiful", 加 (ka) meaning "increase", or 化 (ka) meaning "to change, to influence"... [more]

Rika f Hebrew, Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Rifka.

Rikárd m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Richard.

Rikel f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish name, from "rika", "rich". This is an amuletic name.

Riken m West Frisian
Frisian form of Ricwin.

Riker m English (Modern)
Pet form of Richard, possibly Dutch. William Riker was a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Riker's Island is New York City's largest jail, named after Abraham Rycken.... [more]

Riki m & f Japanese
As a unisex name, it can be used as 理希, 里希, 利希, 莉樹, 里生 or 莉希 with 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 莉 (rai, ri, rei) meaning "jasmine", 希 (ki, ke, mare) meaning "beg, beseech, few, Greece, hope, phenomenal, pray, rare, request", 樹 (ju, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood" and 生 (shou, sei, i.kiru, u.mare, o.u, ki) meaning "birth, genuine, life."... [more]

Riki f Hebrew
Diminutive of Rivka

Riko m Estonian
Estonian form of Rick.

Rikuu m & f Japanese
From Japanese 李 (ri) meaning "plum", 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli", 睦 (ri) meaning "intimate, friendly, harmonious", 里 (ri) meaning "village", 陸 (riku) meaning "land" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 空 (kuu) meaning "sky", 航 (kuu) meaning "navigate, sail, cruise, fly" or 羽 (u) meaning "feathers"... [more]

Rikwin m Dutch
Modern variant spelling of Rickwin - in other words, one could say that this is the modern Dutch form of Ricwin.

Rilea f English (Rare)
Variant of Riley.

Rilee f & m English
Variant of Riley.

Rillie f English (American)
Diminutive of Aurelia or Amarilla (variant of Amaryllis). Also compare Rilla.

Rilou f & m French (Modern, Rare), Belgian (Rare)
Short form of Marie-Louise or Henri-Louis.

Rima f Japanese
From Japanese 利 (ri) meaning "benefit; advantage" combined with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Rima f Lithuanian
Short form of names beginning with Rim-, like Rimtautė and Rimgailė.

Rima f Arabic, Indonesian
Variant of Rim.

Rime f & m West Frisian
Variant spelling of Rieme.

Rimer m West Frisian
Variant spelling of Riemer.

Rimke f & m West Frisian
Variant of Rim, where the diminutive suffix ke has been added to the name.

Rimma f Russian
The name of a Slavic (male) saint, which was Ριμμᾶς (Rimmas) in the original Greek, the etymology of which is uncertain. In modern times this is used as a Russian feminine name and is sometimes associated with Рим (Rim) "Rome", the Russian name for the Italian city.

Rimme m West Frisian
Strictly masculine form of Rieme.

Rimmelt m West Frisian
Variant of Remmelt.

Rimmer m West Frisian
Variant of Rimer.

Rimmert m West Frisian
This West Frisian name is a form of Reinbert or a variant of Rimmer.

Rimon f & m Hebrew
Variant of Rimmon. Biblical place name (Joshua 19:13).

Rimu f & m Japanese
From Japanese 李 (ri) meaning "plum" combined with 夢 (mu) meaning "dream". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rina f Javanese, Indonesian
Means "day, daytime" in Javanese.

Rinchen m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan རིན་ཆེན (rin-chen) meaning "treasure, gem, jewel".

Rindert m West Frisian, East Frisian
Frisian variant of Reindert.

Rindu f Indonesian
Means "longing, yearning, ache" in Indonesian.

Rindy f English (American, Rare)
Diminutive of Marinda, Clarinda, Dorinda and other names containing a similar sound... [more]

Rine f Japanese
From Japanese 麗 (ri) meaning "lovely, beautiful" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rine f Dutch
Variant form of Rina 1.

Ringan m Scots
Scots variant of Ninian.

Ringo m & f English, Japanese
Transferred use of the surname Ringo. A famous bearer of this name was Beatles drummer Richard Starkey (1940), who was nicknamed Ringo due to the many rings he would wear... [more]

Ringzin m & f Tibetan, Ladakhi
Alternate transcription of Tibetan རིག་འཛིན (see Rigzin).

Rinie f Dutch, Limburgish
Diminutive form of Rina 1.

Rinio f Greek
Diminutive of Irini.

Rinka f Japanese
From Japanese 李 (rin) meaning "plum", 梨 (rin) meaning "pear", 厘 (rin) meaning "rin, 1/10 sen, 1/10 bu", 林 (rin) meaning "grove, forest", 麟 (rin) meaning "Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining", 鈴 (rin) meaning "bell", 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold", 稟 (rin) meaning "salary in rice" or 凜 (rin) meaning "cold, strict, severe" combined with 果 (ka) meaning "fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed", 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower", 楓 (ka) meaning "maple", 火 (ka) meaning "fire", 佳 (ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled", 馨 (ka) meaning "fragrant, balmy, favourable", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer", 架 (ka) meaning "erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct", 歌 (ka) meaning "song, sing", 魁 (ka) meaning "charging ahead of others", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 風 (ka) meaning "wind, air, style, manner", 蘭 (ka) meaning "orchid", 伽 (ka) meaning "nursing, attending, entertainer", 嘉 (ka) meaning "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious", 霞 (ka) meaning "be hazy, grow dim, blurred", 月 (ka) meaning "moon" or 奏 (ka) meaning "play music, speak to a ruler, complete"... [more]

Rinke m & f West Frisian, East Frisian, North Frisian
Masculine and feminine form of Rinne, with the diminutive suffix ke included.

Rinko f Japanese
From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold", 倫 (rin) meaning "ethics", 輪 (rin) meaning "wheel; ring; loop; hoop" or 琳 (rin) meaning "beautiful jade, gem" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [more]

Rinku m Japanese (Modern)
This name combines 凛 (rin, kibishi.i) meaning "cold" with 空 (kuu, a.ku, a.keru, kara, su.ku, sora, muna.shii, ku) meaning "empty, sky, vacant, vacuum, void," 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story," 玖 (kyuu, ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine (used in legal documents)" or 来 (tai, rai, kita.su, ku.ru) meaning "become, cause, come, due, next."... [more]

Rinna f Japanese
From Japanese 琳 (rin) meaning "beautiful jade, gem" combined with 為 (na) meaning "benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Rinne m West Frisian
Frisian form of Rein.