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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Riahi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِيَاح (riyāḥ) meaning "winds, breezes", the plural of رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind".

Rialta Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Rian Irish (Anglicized, Rare, ?)
An alternate spelling and pronunciation of Ó Riain, due to French influences after the progenitors of the family moved to France from Ireland.

Riaño Spanish

Riatsch Romansh

Ribbeck German

Ribbons English (Australian)

Ribet German

Ribolzi Italian

Ricardo Italian, Spanish
From the given name Ricardo

Ricario Spanish
Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): from the personal name Ricardo ( see Richard ).

Ricbour French, Provençal

Ricca Italian

Ricco Italian

Ricer Italian
means "search " in italian

Richling Jewish (Rare)
Russian Jewish surname from the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Richman English

Richtárech Slovak

Rick English
1 English: variant of Rich 2.... [more]

Ridala Estonian
Ridala is an Estonia surname meaning "set, line, or range" "area".

Riddarhammar Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From Swedish riddare "knight" and hammare "hammer" which literally translates to "knight's hammer".

Riddy English

Ridout English
A variant of the other surname Rideout.

Riedi Romansh
Derived from the given name Ruedi.

Riek German
German: variant spelling of Rieck.

Riel French
French variant of Riehl. Most notable bearer is Canadian Métis political leader Louis Riel, best known for his Red River Rebellion.

Riello Italian

Riendeau French

Riendeaux French

Riesenberg English (Modern)
Not available.

Rietums Latvian
Derived from the word rietumi meaning "west".

Riffe German (Americanized, ?)

Rifi Moroccan
Derived from the Rifian word for Rifian.

Rigondeau French, Occitan (?)

Riivik Estonian
Riivik is an Estonian surname derived from "rivik", meaning "setting stick", "galley", and "assembler".

Rijkaard Dutch (Surinamese)

Rika Albanian

Rikimaru Japanese
This surname is used as 力丸 with 力 (rii, riki, ryoku, chikara) meaning "bear up, exert, power, strain, strength, strong" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."... [more]

Rikkusu Japanese

Riles English

Rili Arabic (Maghrebi)

Rimbaud French

Rimenas Greek

Rimkunas Lithuanian

Rinard English (American)
An Americanized version of the German Surname Reinhardt.

Ring English

Rîngaci Moldovan

Ringe English

Ringer English
From the Norman name Reinger or Rainger derived from the Germanic elements ragin meaning "advice, counsel" and ger meaning "spear"... [more]

Ringgold German
Comes from Germanic ring "ring" or "assembly" and wald "rule"

Rings English

Rio Spanish, French

Riola Italian
Regional variant of Riolo.

Rioux French

Rippas German (Swiss)
The first recorded person with this surname was from Ziefen, Switzerland.

Rippe Swedish (Rare)

Riqueti French

Ris French (Huguenot)
Surname of unknown meaning.

Rischtoff German (Austrian)

Rissa Finnish (Rare)

Ristani Albanian

Ristil Haitian Creole

Rit Khmer

Riță Romanian

Ritacca Italian
Variant of Ritacco.

Ritaccio Italian (?)

Ritacco Italian
Probably a derivative of Rito, a masculinized form of the female personal name Rita.

Ritäkt Swedish (Rare)

Rîtan Romanian

Ritaquevedo Brazilian

Ritari Finnish

Ritchard English
Variant spelling of Richard that was altered by the diminutive Ritchie. Or possibly from a surname derived from Richard... [more]

Rito Spanish, Portuguese

Ritonga Batak

Ritta-apinan Thai
From Thai ฤทธิ์ (rit) meaning "power", ธา (tha), a transcription of Sanskrit धा (dhā) meaning "bearer, maintainer", อภิ (api) of unknown meaning, and นันท์ (nan) of unknown meaning.

Rival Haitian Creole

Riveccio Italian

Riveira Spanish

Rivera-gutorow Spanish, Polish
Mexico... [more]

Riverdahl English

Riverdale Scottish, English

Riverdito South American

Riverdo South American

Riverdon English

Rives French, Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Rive a back-formation from Rivke (see Rifkin).... [more]

Rivetti Italian

Rivieccio Italian

Rīwai Maori
This name is a translation of the name Levi. The name also means potato as a general word for potatoes when its spelled without the letter "ī". This was the surname of founding mother Kiti Karaka Rīwai (1870-1927)... [more]

Rixton English

Rizayev Uzbek

Rizerio Biblical Italian (Portuguese-style, ?)
(Origem incerta)

Ro English
Possibly a variant of Rowe.

Ro Korean

Rob Slovene
It probrably originates from the surname Robb, but we don't know for sure.

Robard French

Robare English (American)

Robbi Romansh

Robbinson English

Rober German
Variant of Röber (see Roeber).

Robeson English
This is possibly a variant of Robson.

Robespierre French

Robicheau French (Acadian)
Patronymic name derives from Robert or Robin. Origin, Poitou province of France. Emigrated to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada.

Robideau French

Robien French

Robiquet French

Robitaille French
Of uncertain meaning.

Rockford English
An altered spelling of English Rochford; alternatively it may be an Americanized form of French Rochefort or Italian Roccaforte.

Rockmann Jewish (Modern)

Rockmann German
From German Rock (skirt) + mann (man)

Rocks English

Rocquemore French
Variant of Roquemore.

Rođak Croatian
Derived from rođak, meaning "family relative".

Rodin Jewish
Metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode, and related to the Old Czech root rád "merry", "joyful".

Rodiyat Indonesian

Rodne Norwegian (Rare, ?)

Roentgen German (Rare)
Variant of Röntgen.

Roffo French, Italian

Rogena African

Rogge English

Rogosin Russian
An alternate Anglicization of Russian Rogozin.

Rogstad Norwegian
Norwegian Last Name

Rohrsen German
Unknown source.

Rohulaid Estonian
Estonian surname meaning "grassland islet".

Rokuyama Japanese (Rare)
Means "6 mountains" in Japanese.

Roll Upper German, German, English
German: from Middle High German rolle, rulle ‘roll’, ‘list’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a scribe.... [more]

Rolle English
Variant of Roll.

Rollin English, German
English: variant of Rolling.... [more]

Roly Belgian

Romagosa Spanish

Romancia English (Canadian, Modern, Rare)

Romanson English (Canadian)

Romantzas Greek

Romarni English

Romas Belgian

Romello Spanish (Latin American)

Romelo Filipino

Romia Arabic (Egyptian)

Romin Swedish

Romio Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Romius ?

Romley English

Rommello English (Canadian)

Romp English, German
Likely a variant of Rump.

Róna Hungarian

Ronan English

Ronash English

Ronchetto Italian
Italian: diminutive from a variant of Ronco .

Rondal English

Rondeau French

Rondeaux French

Ronden Dutch
Possibly derived from Dutch rond meaning "round, circular".

Roney Irish, Manx
Irish variant and Manx form of Rooney.

Rongavilla Spanish

Rongbin English

Ronin Jewish

Roño Spanish
masculine form of roña which means dirt

Röntgen German
Meaning uncertain. This was the name of German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) who discovered and studied x-rays. Röntgen called the radiation "X" because it was an unknown type of radiation.

Rooke English

Rool Estonian
Rool is an Estonian surname meaning "wheel" and "helm".

Rooman Belgian

Rööp Estonian
Rööp is an Estonian surname meaning "parallel" and "beside".

Roposa German (Austrian)

Roquemore French

Roques French

Rosal Filipino, Spanish

Rosala Romanian

Rosamel French
A French surname turned Spanish masculine given name, Rosamel likely derives from the combination of rose + Greek mel “honey”. As a surname, it was borne by a 19th century French naval officer with the wonderful name of Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel.

Rosberg German
Meaning "rose" "mountain"

Rosebear English

Rosebel Dutch (Surinamese)

Rosencrantz German
Means "rose wreath" in German.

Rosengren German, Jewish, Danish

Rosenius Swedish

Rosensweig German, Jewish
Variant form of Rosenzweig.

Rosholt Norwegian
Norwegian: habitational name from either of two farms called Røsholt in southeastern Norway, named with Old Norse, either ross ‘mare’ or ruð ‘clearing’ + holt ‘grove’, ‘wood’.

Rosicki Polish

Rosickis Latvian

Rosický Czech

Rosie Scottish, English

Rosillo Spanish, Caribbean

Rosing German
1 German and Dutch: patronymic from a derivative of the medieval personal name Rozinus.... [more]

Rosiński Polish

Rosioru Moldovan

Rosli Malaysian

Rosmarin German
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary and Latin dictonaries the name Rosmarin derives from the Latin words 'ros' ('dew' or 'tear') and 'marin' ('sea')... [more]

Rospo Italian (Rare)

Rosså Norwegian (Rare)

Rossbach Jewish
Jewish or Eastern European

Rossella Italian

Rosselli Italian

Rossello Italian

Rossentini Italian (Rare)

Rossing Norwegian
ross (came from scotland) ing - added in Norway

Rostetter German (Austrian), Romansh

Rosty Hungarian

Rosya Ukrainian (Modern), Russian (Modern)
Either a shortened version of "Rossiya", which is Russian for "Russia", or the Russian and Ukrainian version of Rose 1.

Roszhart German
The original spelling of the name is Roßhart. Roß means "horse" and hart means "hard" in German. The name was changed when the family immigrated to the United States in the 1850's. Some took on the name "Rosshart", and some "Roszhart" as the ß has the "sss" sound.

Rotbøll Danish

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