Boy Dog Names

Ritchie

Variant of Richie, most often a diminutive of Richard

Ritchy

Roald

Modern form of the Old Norse name Hróaldr, from elements meaning "praise, fame" and "ruler"

Roark

A variant of the Gaelic name Ruarc, meaning 'red king'

Rob

Short form of Robert; in Dutch, of Robert or Robrecht

Robb

A Scottish surname formed as a short form of Robert

Robby

Diminutive of Robert; English clipping of Robert or Roberta

Roberto

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Robert, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz.

Rocco

From a Germanic name, possibly from hruoh, "crow, rook"

Roccos

Rocko

Derived from the word rock or rocky

Rocky

Diminutive of Rocco and other names beginning with a similar sound, or a nickname for a tough person

Rocky Balboa

Rocky is derived from the Old English word 'rocc', meaning 'rocky' or 'restful'. Balboa is of Spanish origin, referring to 'beautiful viewpoint'.

Roco

Recorded as a masculine given name in Spanish and Venetian

Rodan

Recorded as a given name in Czech, where it is masculine

Rodi

Karelian, Kurdish and Greek given name; Italian name for Rhodes

Rodney

From an Old English place name meaning "Hroda's island"

Rodolfo

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Rudolf, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz, "glorious wolf".

Rogan

Spelling variant of Rogen; Irish surname from Ó Ruadhagáin, 'descendant of Ruadhagán'

Roger

From the Germanic Hrodger, "famous spear"

Rohan

A name of Sanskrit origin meaning 'ascending' or 'to rise'

Rokko

Roky

A variant of 'Rocky', meaning strong or rock-like

Roland

From the Old German elements hruod "fame" and lant "land"

Rolf

From the Germanic hrod ("renown") + wulf ("wolf")

Rolfie

Rolfy

Rollo

Latinized form of Roul, the Old French form of Rolf

Rolph

Variant of Rolf, formed from the Germanic roots hroþi, hruod, wulf and wolf

Romano

Italian for 'Roman', a reference to Rome or its citizens.

Romeo

Italian form of the Late Latin Romaeus, meaning "from Rome" or "Roman".

Romero

Spanish surname from Late Latin romaeus, from Greek rhōmaios, meaning Roman.

Romulus

Founder of Rome and a legendary figure in Roman mythology.

Ron

Short form of Ronald; also Hebrew for "song, joy"

Ronald

Scottish form of the Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (advice) and valdr (ruler)

Ronaldo

Portuguese form of Ronald, from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, "advice" and "power"

Ronan

Ronin

Variant of Ronan; also the Japanese term 浪人, a masterless samurai

Ronny

A diminutive of Ronald, a less common spelling of Ronnie

Rontu

Rony

A variant of the name Ronald, meaning 'counselor' or 'ruler's advisor'.

Roofus

Roscoe

Meaning of 'deer forest' in Old Norse

Rosko

A Breton surname from roz, hill, and gov, smith

Ross

From Gaelic ros, "promontory, headland"; a person from a place called Ross

Rourke

Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Ruairc

Rover

From an English word, the agent noun of the verb rove, meaning "roam, wander"

Rowland

Medieval variant of Roland

Rowlf

A Muppet character, the resident pianist on The Muppet Show

Roy

Anglicized form of Ruadh

Royce

From an English surname derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose

Ruairi

Anglicised as Rory; from ruadh ("red") and rígh ("king"), meaning "red king"

Ruben

Form of Reuben, from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén), meaning "behold, a son"

Rubin

Surname and given name from the biblical name Reuben, also influenced by rubin, "ruby"

Rudi

Diminutive of Rudolf

Rudo

Means "love" in Shona

Rudolf

From the Germanic Hrodulf, from hruod "fame" and wolf "wolf"

Rudolph

English form of rudolf, from germanic hrōþiwulfaz, "famous wolf"

Ruel

A surname of French origin

Ruf

Russian form of Ruth.

Ruff

English word for a frilled collar, and a wading bird, Calidris pugnax

Rufio

A name derived from Latin meaning 'red-haired'

Rufo

Derived from Latin, meaning red or reddish.

Rufus

Latin cognomen meaning "red-haired"

Ruger

An American surname; also a firearm made by the Ruger company

Runar

The name Runar means 'secret advice' or 'warrior.'

Runty

Rupert

German variant of Robert, from Old German Hrodperht

Rusko

From the Russian language; related to Rus, a historic region in Eastern Europe

Ruslan

The name Ruslan is of Turkic origin meaning 'lion'.

Ruso

Spanish for 'Russian'

Russ

Short form of Russell

Russell

From the Old French 'roussel', a diminutive of 'rous', red — red-haired.

Russo

Italian for 'red' or 'rusty'

Rusty

From a nickname for someone with rusty, reddish-brown hair

Ruud

Dutch short form of Rudolf, from Old Norse ruð, a clearing

Ryker

A given name and surname of Dutch origin, a cognate of Richard

Ryo

Alternate transcription of the Japanese name Ryō

Ryu

Japanese given name and family name meaning "dragon", "noble", "prosperous" or "flow"

Ryzhik

RéMi

French form of the Late Roman Remigius, from Latin rēmex, "oarsman"

RéMy

English form of Rémy, a French short form of Latin Remigius, from rēmex, "oarsman"

RüFus

Saber

Alternate transcription of Arabic صابر (Sabir), and the usual Persian transcription

Sabin

Romanian, Bulgarian and Basque form of Sabinus

Sabu

Recorded as a masculine given name in Hindi

Sadko

A character from Slavic folklore and Russian fairy tales

Safiro

Sagar

Modern form of Sagara; Sanskrit sāgara means "sea"

Sajan

Recorded as a given name in Indian (feminine) and Hindi (masculine)

Sal

Short form of Sally, Salvador and other names beginning with Sal

Salko

Finnish word salko, from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "slat"

Samir

Arabic "companion in evening talk", from samara; Sanskrit samīra, "wind, air"

Sampson

Greek form of Shimshon, and an english surname from a medieval form of Samson

Samson

From the Hebrew name Shimshon, derived from shemesh, meaning "sun"

Samuel

From Hebrew Shemuʾel, meaning "name of God" or "God has heard"

Samurai

Samwise

Means "simple, half wise", from Old English sam "half" and wis "wise"

Samwise Gamgee

Sander

Dutch, Estonian, Danish and Norwegian short form of Alexander