Girls' names beginning with R
Names official statistics record as used for girls, whose recorded spelling begins with this letter.
Usage is read from official statistics — which of a registrar's lists published the name — never from an opinion about the name and never as a statement about any child. A name published on both lists is recorded as used for both and is not in either of these pages.
499 names beginning with "R"
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Traditionally associated with concepts of 'joining', 'tying', or a 'team/yoke' — a binding or connecting sense, from a Semitic root about fastening things together.
Taken from the gemstone name; the ruby is the traditional July birthstone. As a given name it came into use in the 16th century.
Commonly interpreted as 'ewe' (female sheep), the biblical wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
A feminine variant of Robin, itself a diminutive of Robert.
The English form of Renée, from Latin roots meaning 'reborn' — a name signifying spiritual rebirth.
A diminutive form commonly interpreted as 'little rose', from Irish rós ('rose', ultimately of Latin origin) plus a diminutive suffix.
Commonly interpreted as '(female) friend' or 'companion', probably a contraction of Hebrew re'ut.
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