Others Dog Names

Reagan

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Riagáin, descendant of Riagán

Reece

Anglicised form of the Welsh name Rhys

Reeta

Finnish short form of Margaret, used independently.

Regan

Irish Ó Riagáin, likely from Gaelic rí "king"; or Latin regina "queen"

Reilly

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Raghailligh, from the given name Raghailleach

Reio

Estonian variant of Reigo, itself shortened from Gregor (Gregory)

Reka

A Faroese name from Old Norse vreka

Renaldo

A variant of the name Ronaldo, meaning 'wise ruler' or 'counselor' in Spanish and Italian.

Rennie

A form of the name 'Ronald' with a meaning of 'ruler' or 'decision maker'

Resi

A feminine given name recorded in Austrian German.

Revana

Reya

A diminutive of the Russian female first name Avreya

Rhiannon

Probably from Celtic *Rīgantonā, "great queen"

Rhonda

Probably a blend of the sounds of Rhoda and Linda, perhaps influenced by Rhondda

Rhynda

Rhys

From Old Welsh Ris, probably meaning "ardour, enthusiasm"

Rias

Recorded as a given name in Dutch (rare, masculine) and Pashto (masculine)

Rikor

Riley

From an Irish surname, or an English place name meaning "rye clearing"

Rilka

Rion

Riordan

From irish Ó Ríordáin, from rí "king" and bard "poet": royal poet

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'

Rogan

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

Rohan

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

RoisíN

Roksana

Bengali, Russian and Polish form of Roxana

Rolf

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

Rolph

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

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

Ronja

A name of Nordic origin, often associated with the character Ronja Rövardotter, a brave girl who protects her home.

Ronnie

Diminutive of Ronald, meaning 'ruler's counselor'

Ronny

A diminutive of Ronald, a less common spelling of Ronnie

Rony

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

Roona

Roone

Recorded as a given name in English

Rooney

Anglicised from Irish Ó Ruanaidh, 'descendant of a person named Champion'

Roongo

Rory

Anglicised form of the Irish Ruairí, from ruadh ("red") and rígh ("king")

Roscoe

Meaning of 'deer forest' in Old Norse

Roselani

Hawaiian, an older spelling of Lokelani, meaning "rose"

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

Rowen

Variant of Rowan, a name used in Dutch, Irish and Scottish

Roxana

From Old Iranian *rauxšnā, "bright, shining"

Roxane

French and English form of Roxana

Roxanne

Variant of Roxane, ultimately from Old Persian *rauxšnā

Roxi

A feminine given name recorded in modern use, a variant of Roxy

Roxie

Diminutive of Roxana

Roxx

A given name, a short form of Roxanne

Roxy

Diminutive of Roxana

Roz

Short form of Rosalind, Rosamund and other names beginning with the same sound

Ruairi

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

Runar

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

Rune

From Old Norse rún, meaning "secret lore, rune"

Ruslan

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

Ruud

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

Ryann

Feminine form of Ryan

Ryda

Recorded as a modern English given name, feminine

Ryker

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

Rylan

English name, a variant of Ryland ("rye field") or modelled on Ryan and Riley

Rylee

Variant of Riley

Ryman

A surname of Welsh origin meaning 'from the riverbank'.

Ryno

Sadie Mae

Saero

Sahale

Sajan

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

Saka

Ancient Persian name for the nomads of the eastern Eurasian Steppe

Sakari

Finnish form of Zacharias

Sakorra

Salka

Possibly a diminutive of Sara

Salla

Variant of Salli, inspired by the municipality of Salla in Lapland, Finland

Samba

Portuguese word for a Brazilian dance and music genre

Sambi

Samika

Samito

A diminutive form of the name Samuel, meaning 'heard by God'.

Sandor

A surname; the sources checked record no meaning for it

Sanja

South Slavic feminine name, from sanjati, "to dream"

Sanne

A variation of the name 'Anna', meaning grace.

Sanni

Finnish diminutive of Susanna, also of Aleksandra.

Sany

Sanya

Alternate transcription of Arabic Saniyya; also a diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Saoirse

Irish word for "freedom", from saoirse; used as a given name since the 20th century.

Sarek

A fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise

Saril

Sarko

A French clipping of the surname Sarkozy

Saro

Recorded as a given name in Italian, Ogoni, English and Armenian

Saska

Recorded as a masculine given name in Finnish

Saski

Saskia

A Dutch name that means 'protector' or 'defender'.

Sasko

Czech name from Sas + -sko; also a given name (Saško) and surname (Šaško).

Sati

Sanskrit sat, "true, virtuous"; name of a Hindu goddess

Satu

Finnish word for "fairy tale, fable"

Savas

A masculine given name recorded in Greek.