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Rannaääre EstonianRannaääre is an Estonian surname meaning "(sea)shore margin/periphery".
Rannamäe EstonianRannamäe is an Estonian surname meaning "inshore hill/mountain".
Rannaste EstonianRannaste is an Estonian surname derived from "rand" and meaning "beach" or "shore".
Rannells EnglishPatronymic from the Middle English personal name
Rannulf,
Ranel, of continental Germanic origin.
Rannikmäe EstonianRannikmäe is an Estonian surname meaning "beach/coastal hill/mountain".
Rant EstonianRant is an Estonian surname meaning "arris" and "flange".
Rantzau German, TheatreThis is the surname used in 'I Rantzau' (The Rantzau Family), an opera in four acts by Pietro Mascagni (1892), based on a libretto by Guido Menasci and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on the play Les Rantzau (1873) by French writers Erckmann and Chatrian, after their novel (1882) Les Deux Frères (The Two Brothers).
Rao ChineseFrom Chinese 饒
(ráo) referring to the ancient region of Rao, which existed during the state of Zhao in what is now Shaanxi province.
Rapino ItalianFrom the name of two municipalities in Abruzzo, Italy. It could also be a nickname for a barber, derived from Italian
rapare meaning "to crop, to shave, to scalp".
Rappa Italian, Sicilianfrom Sicilian
rappa meaning ‘bunch, cluster’ or Italian
rappa meaning ‘lock, quiff’, which was presumably applied as a nickname with reference to someone’s hair.
Rappold GermanFrom a personal name composed of the Germanic elements
rad "counsel", "advice" +
bald "bold", "brave".
Rapu RapanuiPeople with this surname have a connection to the Rapa Nui Ngaure clan. Rapu is the surname of Rapanui insurrection leader and mayor of Rapa Nui aka Easter Island Alfonso Rapu (1942) who led a revolt against the Chilean government in 1965... [
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Rarung IndonesianMeaning unknown. This surname is mainly found on the tribe of Minahasa in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Rasband American (Americanized, Rare)This name is not a very common family name found in the United States. The first Rasband (Thomas) coming to the U.S. arrived in New Orleans on the ship North Atlantic on 1 November 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on 13 August 1856... [
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Rasberry EnglishPossibly a habitational name from Ratsbury in Lynton, Devon.
Rascon SpanishPossibly a nickname for Rascón, meaning “sharp”, “sour”, or “rail (the bird)”
Rashleigh EnglishFrom a location in Devon, derived from Old English
rá "roe buck" +
léah "clearing".
Rasila FinnishA variant of the finnish word (rasi) for a forest that has been cleared for slash and burn but has not yet been burnt for agricultural means. The suffix "-la" is usually added to the stem of the word to indicate a location... [
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Rask EstonianRask is an Estonian surname meaning "puttee (a cloth or leather legging)".
Raskolnikov LiteratureThe surname of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It derives from the Russian word raskolnik, meaning "schismatic" or a member of the Old Believer sect.
Rasor EnglishProbably from Old French
rasor, meaning "razor".
Rästas EstonianRästas is an Estonian surname meaning "ouzel (bird)" and "thrush (bird)".
Rastoder BosnianPossibly derived from
hrast, meaning "oak", and
derati, meaning "tearing, to tear".
Rastogi Indian, HindiPossibly derived from
Rohtas, the name of a district in Bihar, India, itself from the name of a Hindu deity.
Rasva EstonianRasva is an Estonian surname meaning "tallow", "fat" and "grease".
Ratcliff EnglishHabitational name from any of the places, in various parts of England, called Ratcliff(e), Radcliffe, Redcliff, or Radclive, all of which derive their names from Old English rēad meaning "red" + clif meaning "cliff", "slope", "riverbank".
Rath German1 German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): descriptive epithet for a wise person or counselor, from Middle High German rāt ‘counsel’, ‘advice’, German Rat ‘counsel’, ‘advice’, also ‘stock’, ‘supply’.... [
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Rathbone EnglishOf unknown origin, but might denote a person with short legs. From Olde English
rhath, meaning "short, and
bon, "legs".
Rather German, Jewish1. Occupational name for a counsellor or nickname for a wise person, from Middle High German rater ‘adviser’. ... [
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Rathgeber GermanFrom Middle High German
ratgebe or Middle Low German
ratgever "giver of advice, counselor", an occupational name for an adviser or wise man.
Rattanaphet Thai (Rare)From Thai รัตน (
rattana-) meaning "gem; jewel" and เพชร์ (
phet), a variant form of เพชร (
phet) meaning "diamond".
Rattanasack LaoFrom Lao ລັດຕະນະ
(rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ສັກ
(sack) meaning "power, authority".
Rattanavong LaoFrom Lao ລັດຕະນະ
(rattana) meaning "precious stone, jewel, gem" and ວົງ
(vong) meaning "lineage, family".
Ratzinger GermanRatzinger means that someone has origins in the town of Ratzing. There are several German towns with this name. RATZ means ‘Serb’. Serbs were indigenous people in Germany, and many German cities originally had Serbian names (Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Brandenburg)... [
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Rau GermanNickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person, from Middle High German
ruch,
ruhe,
rouch "hairy", "shaggy", "rough".
Rau ItalianFrom a local variant of the personal name Rao, an old form of
Ralph.
Räuber German, German (Swiss)German, Swiss German: derogatory nickname, from Middle High German
roubære ‘robber’, ‘bandit’, ‘highwayman’ (from
roub,
roup ‘booty’, ‘spoils’).
Rauch GermanPerhaps an occupational nickname for a blacksmith or charcoal burner, from Middle High German
rouch, German
Rauch ‘smoke’, or, in the case of the German name, a status name or nickname relating to a hearth tax (i.e. a tax that was calculated according to the number of fireplaces in each individual home).
Raudabaugh German (Americanized)Raudabaugh is a German-Americanized surname of Reidenbach. People include Dan Raudabaugh (American Football coach) and Dave Raudabaugh (Outlaw who was an acquaintance to Billy the kid).
Raudsepp EstonianRaudsepp is an Estonian name meaning "blacksmith" (the combination of "raud", meaning "iron" and "sepp", meaning "smith").
Raun EstonianRaun is an Estonian surname derived from "raunjalg" meaning "bird's nest fern" (Asplenium).
Rausch GermanNickname for a noisy person, derived from
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Rausing Swedish (Rare)Combination of
Raus, the name of a parish in southern Sweden, and the common surname suffix
-ing "belonging to, coming from".
Raval Indian, GujaratiFrom Gujarati રાવ
(rava) meaning "king", ultimately from Sanskrit राजन्
(rajan).
Ravel French, French (African)Derived from either a place called Ravel in the district of Drome or Provence, or from the word 'rave' meaning a root vegetable, and hence a grower or seller of such items.
Raveling Germannickname or patronymic from Middle Low German rave(n) ‘raven’
Ravellino CelticIt means weaver or taylor. In the Gaelic languaje is wehydd or gwehydd.
Ravenel English, FrenchHabitational name from Ravenel in Oise or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of horseradish, from a diminutive of Old French
ravene ‘horseradish’ (Latin
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Ravenscar English (British)From a coastal village with the same name, located in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.
Ravenscroft English, English (British)Habitational name from a minor place in
Cheshire, England. The place name means "Hræfn's croft", from an Old English personal name
Hræfn (itself from Old English
hræfn meaning "raven", possibly a byname) and Old English
croft meaning "enclosed field".
Ravier OccitanMeans "horseradish" in French, denoting someone who selled them.
Raviv HebrewFrom Hebrew רָבִיב
(raviv) meaning "droplet, rain, drizzle".
Rawls EnglishFrom the Olde German and Anglo-Saxon personal name
Rolf. Originally derived from the Norse-Viking pre 7th Century 'Hrolfr' meaning "Fame-Wolf".
Raya Galician, SpanishPossibly a habitational name from Raya in Galicia or in Albacete and Murcia provinces. Possibly a topographic name from Spanish raya meaning "line", denoting the boundary between two countries or provinces.
Rayamajhi NepaliProbably a portmanteau of the Nepali words meaning 'Royal Fishmongers'. A member of the Rajput-Chhetri subcaste of Nepali family names.
Rayford AmericanFrom a Germanic personal name with the elements
ric- meaning "powerful" and
-frid meaning "peace".
Rayl GermanVariant of Rehl, which it's meaning is probably a habitational name from Rehl in Rhineland or Rehlen in East Prussia.
Raymond English, FrenchFrom the Norman personal name
Raimund, composed of the Germanic elements
ragin "advice, counsel" and
mund "protection".
Razo GalicianA habitational name from Razo in A Coruña province, Galicia.
Reach Scottish, EnglishScottish: Nickname For Someone With Streaks Of Gray Or White Hair From Gaelic Riabhach ‘Brindled Grayish’. English And Scottish: Habitational Name From Either Of Two Places Called Reach In Bedfordshire And Cambridgeshire Recorded As Reche In Medieval Documents From Old English Rǣc ‘Raised Strip Of Land Or Other Linear Feature’ (In The Case Of The Cambridgeshire Name Specifically Referring To Devil's Dyke A Post-Roman Earthwork)... [
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Reading EnglishHabitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English
Readingas ‘people of Read(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’. Topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Réal FrenchThis can derive from several different sources: southern French
réal "royal", a word which was applied to someone either as a nickname (presumably given to people perceived as being regal) or as an occupational name (given to a person in the service of the king); or the French place name
Réal, in which case this is a habitational name taken from any of various places which were named for having been part of a royal domain (also compare
Reau,
Reaux).
Real Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, GalicianEither a habitational name from any of numerous places called Real; those in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal being named from
real "royal" or as variant of
Rial while those in southern Spain and Catalonia are named in part from real meaning "encampment rural property" (Arabic
raḥāl "farmhouse cabin")... [
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Reale ItalianFrom reale "royal", either an occupational name for someone in the service of a king or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal manner.
Reali ItalianVariant of the surname
Reale, which stems from
reale "royal", either a name for someone in the service of a royal or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal, aristocratic manner.
Reams PolishThe last name Reams comes from Normandy, France.
Reb AlsatianOf debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the given name
Raban and a variant of the surname
Reber.
Rebolledo SpanishHabitational name from any of various places called Rebolledo for example Rebolledo de la Torre in Burgos from rebollo denoting a species of oak.
Rebuffo ItalianPossibly from the medieval given names Rebuffo or Robufus. Alternately, may derive from a nickname based on
rabuffo "rebuke, scold".
Rechner GermanOccupational name from Middle High German
rechenære "reckoner keeper of accounts".
Recht GermanProbably a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhineland.
Recht German, JewishNickname for an upright person, from Middle High German
reht, German
recht "straight". As a Jewish name it is mainly of ornamental origin.
Reck GermanNickname from Middle High German recke ‘outlaw’ or ‘fighter’. North German and Westphalian: from Middle Low German recke ‘marsh’, ‘waterlogged ground’, hence a topographic name, or a habitational name from a place named with this term.
Rector EnglishStatus name for the director of an institution, in particular the head of a religious house or a college. Also an anglicized form of
Richter.
Redden EnglishLocation name meaning "clearing or cleared woodland." Communities called Redden include one in Roxburghshire, Scotland and another in Somerset, England. A notable bearer is actor Billy Redden who played the dueling banjoist Lonnie in the 1972 film 'Deliverance.'
Reddick Scottish, Northern IrishHabitational name from Rerrick or Rerwick in Kirkcudbrightshire, named with an unknown first element and
wīc "outlying settlement". It is also possible that the first element was originally Old Norse
rauðr "red".
Reddick EnglishHabitational name from Redwick in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with
hrēod "reeds" and
wīc "outlying settlement".
Redding English, German, DutchEnglish variant spelling of
Reading. In 1841 Redding was the most commonly used surname in all of Buckinghamshire. A famous bearer is Otis Redding.... [
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Reddish EnglishThis surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Reddish,' a village near Stockport, Cheshire.
Redenbacher English (American)The name "Redenbacher" appears to be a combination of two parts: "Reden" and "Bacher". Here's what I found about the meanings of these parts:... [
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Rédey HungarianIndicated a person from Kisréde or Nagyréde, a village in Hungary.
Redfield ScottishAnglicized form of the Scottish habitational name
Reidfuyrd, meaning "reedy ford".
Redgrave EnglishFrom the name of a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, derived from Old English
hrēod meaning "reed" or
rēad "red", and
græf meaning "pit, ditch" or
grāf "grove"... [
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