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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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Rebecca

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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.

Biblical Hebrew, via Greek Rhebekka
Ruby

female

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Taken from the gemstone name; the ruby is the traditional July birthstone. As a given name it came into use in the 16th century.

English, ultimately from Latin rubeus ('red')
Rachel

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Commonly interpreted as 'ewe' (female sheep), the biblical wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

Biblical Hebrew, via Greek Rhakhel
Robyn

female

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A feminine variant of Robin, itself a diminutive of Robert.

Germanic, feminine diminutive form
Randi

female

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Rosie

female

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Renee

female

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The English form of Renée, from Latin roots meaning 'reborn' — a name signifying spiritual rebirth.

Latin ('reborn'), reaching English through the French Renée
Roisin

female

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A diminutive form commonly interpreted as 'little rose', from Irish rós ('rose', ultimately of Latin origin) plus a diminutive suffix.

Irish
Reidun

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Ragnhild

female

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Rhonda

female

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Rita

female

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Rachael

female

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Raewyn

female

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Rosemary

female

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Róisín

female

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Rochelle

female

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Renate

female

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Ruth

female

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Commonly interpreted as '(female) friend' or 'companion', probably a contraction of Hebrew re'ut.

Biblical Hebrew
Rose

female

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Rebekah

female

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Rigmor

female

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Rhianna

female

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Roslyn

female

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