Ancient Elements

ræde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "prepared, prompt, ready".

rafa' רָפָא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to heal".

ragin Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "advice, counsel".

raha Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roe deer".

raja राज Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "king".

rajani रजनि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark, night".

rajiva राजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "striped".

rajya राज्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "kingship, empire, royalty".

raka राका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "full moon".

ramana रमण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasing, delightful".

rana 1 राणा Sanskrit
Sanskrit title meaning "king".

rana 2 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "frog".

rand Ancient Germanic, Old Norse
Germanic element meaning "rim (of a shield)".

rani 1 राणी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "queen".

ranjita रञ्जित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "coloured, pleased, delighted".

rasc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "quick".

rashmi रश्मि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ray of sunlight, rope, cord".

ráð Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "advice, counsel".

rath Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "wheel".

ratna रत्न Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "jewel, treasure".

ravi रवि Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "sun".

raw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "row, line".

raz רָז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "secret".

re'a רֵעַ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "friend".

read Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "red".

regalis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "regal, royal".

regin Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "advice, counsel".

regina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rex).

reginbogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rainbow".

regula Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rule, bar".

reigaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heron".

remedium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "remedy".

rex Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "king" (genitive regis).

rhipe ῥιπή Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "throw, swing".

rhodon ῥόδον Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "rose".

rhoe ῥοή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "stream, river, flow".

rhyte ῥυτή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rue (herb)".

ri 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "king".

rí Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "king".

riābu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "to replace, to compensate".

ric Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "ruler, mighty, rich".

richa ऋच Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "praise, verse, sacred text".

ridan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to ride".

rígain Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "queen" (feminine form of rí).

rihhi Ancient Germanic
Old High German word meaning "rich, powerful".

ríkr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "mighty, rich" or "ruler".

rina रीण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "melted".

rinnah רִנָּה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, singing, shouting".

ripa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "riverbank".

riparius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the riverbank".

ripel Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Unattested Old English word meaning "strip of land".

ris Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "ardour, enthusiasm, glory".

rishi ऋषि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sage, poet".

risi Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "giant".

ritan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to ride".

ríða Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "to ride".

ritu ऋतु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "season, period".

riuti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cleared land".

rivus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "stream".

rīxs Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "king".

riya रिय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "singer".

robur Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "oak".

rod 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cleared land".

rod 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "red".

rod 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wheel".

rohana रोहण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ascending".

rohita रोहित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "red".

rom Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "to be high".

ron 2 רֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "joy, song, shout".

rosa 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "rose".

rot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "red".

rota Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wheel".

róðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rowing".

rotundus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "round".

rúad Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "red".

ruber Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red".

rum 1 רוּם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt, to be high, to rise up".

rum 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "roomy, spacious".

rún Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "secret lore".

run Ancient Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Germanic element meaning "secret lore".

runcare Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to weed, to clear".

rupa रूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "shape, beauty, form".

russus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "red".

ruð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "clearing".

ruum Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "spacious, roomy".

rwm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be high".

ryge Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rye".

sæ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sea".

sær Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sea".

saga Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tale, story".

sagu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "saw".

sahs Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "Saxon", referring to the Germanic tribe.

sakshin साक्षिन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "witness".

sal Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "salt".

sala Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "house".

salix Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "willow".

salr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "room, hall".

saltus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "grove of trees, glade".

salus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "health".

salv Ancient Germanic
Germanic element of uncertain meaning.

sama सम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "level, even, same".

samara 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.

samira समीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

sampatti सम्पत्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "success, prosperity, wealth".

sana 1 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "healthy".

sanctorum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "of the saints" (occurs in Omnium Sanctorum referring to All Saints' Day).

sanctus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "holy, saintly".

sand Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sand".

sandip संदीप् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wind, air".

sandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "sand".

sanjana सञजन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "uniting, joining".

sanjita संजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "complete victory".

sanjiva संजीव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "living, reviving".

sant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sand".

ṣapan Phoenician
Phoenician word possibly meaning "to hide, to conceal".

sape Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "soap".

sappheiros σάπφειρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)).

sarah 1 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to have power, to contend, to fight".

sarah 2 שָׂרָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman".

sarala सरल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "straight".

saras सरस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fluid, water, lake".

sarika सारिका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

sarita सरित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "flowing".

šarru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "king".

sartor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tailor, patcher".

sarva सर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "all, whole".

sarvesha सरवेश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler of all".

sat Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "inhabitant".

satya सत्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "truth, reality".

savitr सवितृ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "rouser, the sun".

scalc Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "servant".

sceaphyrde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shepherd, sheep herder".

scearp Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sharp".

scenken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to pour out".

schola Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "school".

schroden Old Saxon
Old Low German word meaning "to cut".

sciene Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beautiful".

scieran Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to cut, to shear".

scilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shield".

scir 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "shire, district".

scir 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

sconi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "nice, good, beautiful".

scotus Ancient Roman
Latin word for a Scotsman, referring to the Gaelic speakers of northern Britain.

scrian Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to shout, to yell".

scriba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "scribe, writer".

scrinium Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "box, chest".

sculdheizo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "arbiter".

scuoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shoe".

sebo σέβω Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "to worship, to honour".

sedom Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus".

selene σελήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

selja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow, sallow".

sen 1 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "old".

seo 5 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "sea".

seolfor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "silver".

ser սէր Ancient Armenian
Old Armenian word meaning "love".

serra Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "saw (tool)".

servire Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to serve".

sha'al שָׁאַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ask".

shafat שָׁפַט Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to judge".

shagah שָׁגָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to stray, to err".

shai שַׁי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "gift, present".

shaila शैल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "mountain".

shakti शक्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "power".

shalem שָׁלוֹם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "complete, safe, peaceful".

shalom שָׁלוֹם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "peace".

sham शम् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "auspicious, lucky".

shama' שָׁמַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to hear, to listen".

shamar שָׁמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to guard, to watch".

shanti शान्ती Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "quiet, peace, tranquility".

sharman शर्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "protection, comfort, joy".

shasha शश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "hare", also a traditional name for the moon.

shava' שָׁבַע Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "oath".

shekhara शेखर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "crest, peak, top".

shem שֵׁם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "name".

shemesh שֶׁמֶשׁ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "the sun".

shila शील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conduct, disposition, character".

shir שִׁיר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "song".

shobha शोभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "brilliance".

shreyas श्रेयस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "best, superior".

shri श्री Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty", also used as an honourific.

shubha शुभ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendid, bright, auspicious".

shuddha शुद्ध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "purified, pure, clear".

shweta श्वेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "white".

shyama श्याम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dark, black, blue".

Sibylla Σίβυλλα Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek word meaning "prophetess, sibyl". It does not seem to have been used as a personal name during the classical Greek period.

siccus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "dry".

síd Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "peace" or "fairy mound, tumulus", both from a root meaning "to sit".

sídach Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "wolf".

siddha सिद्ध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplished, proven".

siddhi सिद्धि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "accomplishment, success, attainment".

sige Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "victory".

sigr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "victory".

sigu Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "victory".

silber Old High German
Old High German word meaning "silver".

silva Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "forest".

silvaticus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wild, from the forest".

sima 1 सीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundary, limit".

simos σιμός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "flat-nosed".

singan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to sing, to chant".

sinha सिंह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lion".

sinths Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "path".

skáli Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "hut, shed".

skenken Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "to pour out".

skeran Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skirmen Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to pour out".

skógr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "forest, wood".

skrini Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "box, container" (of Latin origin).

ský Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cloud".

slán Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "health, safety" and also "challenge, defiance".

šlm Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be safe, to be whole, peace".

slot Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "lock".

sloz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "lock".

smæl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "small".

smaragdos σμάραγδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "emerald", of Semitic origin.

smarana स्मरण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "recollection".

smid Medieval Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Middle Dutch word meaning "craftsman, smith".

smiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "craftsman, smith".

šmš Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "the sun".

sneha स्नेह Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, tenderness, oiliness".

snel Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "quick, fast".

snidan Old High German, Ancient Germanic
Old High German word meaning "to cut".

snuor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rope, cord".

sól Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "sun".

sol Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sun".

solos σόλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lump of iron".

solum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "ground, floor".

sophia σοφία Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "wisdom, cleverness".

sophos σοφός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "skilled, clever".

sophron σώφρων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "self-controlled, sensible".

sorga Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worry, care".

sos σῶς Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "safe, whole, unwounded".

speht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "woodpecker".

spere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spear, lance".

spina Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thorn, spine".

spiritus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "breath, energy".

ṣpn Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to hide, to conceal".

šps Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "noble".

śrr Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to rule".

stachys στάχυς Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "ear of corn".

stafr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "staff".

stakkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "haystack".

stan 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "stone".

stark Old High German
Old High German word meaning "strong".

stasis στάσις Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "standing, stature, position".

staðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "town, city, place".

status Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "state, condition, position".

stearc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "rigid, strong".

stein Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "stone".

steinn Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "stone".

stella Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "star".

stellen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to set, to place".

steorra Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "star".

stergo στέργω Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "to love, to be content".

sterno Old High German
Old High German word meaning "star".

sthenos σθένος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "vigour, strength".

stigweard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "steward".

stiþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "hard, stiff, cruel".

stod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stallion, stud".

stoma στόμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mouth".

storm Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "storm".

stormr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "storm".

strata Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "street, paved road".

stratos στρατός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "army".

straumr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

stro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "straw".

strod Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "marshy ground overgrown with brushwood".

strǫnd Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "edge, shore, beach".

strub Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rough, unkempt".

stuba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "room".

stucki Old High German
Old High German word meaning "piece, part".

sturm Old High German
Old High German word meaning "storm".

sturmaz Ancient Germanic (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic word meaning "storm".

su 5 सु Sanskrit
Sanskrit prefix meaning "good" or "very".

su 7 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "sow, female pig".

subhashita सुभाषित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eloquent".

submonere Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to advise, to remind".

sudarshana सुदर्शन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beautiful, good-looking".

sudhira सुधीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "very considerate, very wise".

suiones Ancient Roman
Latin form of svíar, mentioned in Tacitus' 1st-century book Germania.

sujata सुजात Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well-born".

sujaya सुजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "great victory".

sukha सुख Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "pleasant, happy".

sumanas सुमनस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well-disposed, good mind".

sumantra सुमन्त्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "following good advice".

sumar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "summer".

sumita सुमित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well measured".

sumor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "summer".

sumun Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "wild cow".

sund Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strait".

sunila सुनील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "very blue, very black".

sunita सुनीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "well conducted, wise".

suniti सुनीति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "good conduct".

sunne Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "sun".

sunt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "south".

suozi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sweet".

sura सुर Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "god".

surdus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "deaf".

surya सूर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sun".

sushila सुशील Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "good-tempered, well-disposed".