Dog Names That Start With R

487 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.

Rayder

A surname, and the name of a fictional character.

Rayla

A name of the character Rayla in The Dragon Prince

Raylan

Raylee

A given name recorded in English, in modern American use

Rayna

A Bulgarian form of Regina, or a feminine form of Rayno.

Raynor

An English name meaning 'advice' or 'counsel'

Rayzr

Razi

A name historically used to indicate a person from Ray, Iran

Raziel

Means "my secret is God" in Hebrew

Razor

Razz

Razzle

Reagan

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

Reba

Short form of Rebecca

Rebekka

Form of Rebecca, from Hebrew רִבְקָה, meaning "to tie firmly" or "captivating beauty"

Rebel

English word for a person who resists or defies authority

Rebello

A Portuguese surname, also spelled Rebello

Red

From the English word for the colour, from Old English read

Redd

A variant of Red

Redwood

English, a common name for the trees of the subfamily Sequoioideae

Reece

Anglicised form of the Welsh name Rhys

Reeces

Reed

From an English surname derived from Old English read, "red"

Reena

Alternate transcription of the Hindi and Marathi name रीना (Rina)

Reenie

Either a variant of Renée or a diminutive of names ending in -reen

Reesey

Reesie

Reeta

Finnish short form of Margaret, used independently.

Reeva

Recorded as a given name in English, where it is rare and feminine

Regan

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

Reggae

A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s

Reggie

A diminutive of Reginald or Regina

Reika

A feminine Japanese given name, written れいか or レイカ

Reilly

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

Reilo

Reina

Spanish for "queen"; also a Yiddish name from "clean, pure" and a Japanese name from 怜 "wise" + 奈.

Reine

Means "queen" in French, ultimately from Latin regina

Reio

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

Reis

Turkish form of Rais; German for rice

Reka

A Faroese name from Old Norse vreka

Relaxed

Remi

Oarsman; a name with French origins meaning 'oar' or 'rower'.

Remie

Variant of Remy, meaning 'oarsman' or 'to remedy'

Remington

From an English surname, from Rimington in Lancashire, "settlement on the Riming stream"

Remmington

Remmy

A given name recorded in modern English, used for both boys and girls

Remo

Derived from the Latin word for 'ruler' or 'oar'

Remus

Latin Remus, twin brother of Romulus; maybe from a word for "twin"

Rena

Latinate feminine form of Ren

Renaldo

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

Renata

Feminine form of the Latin name Renatus, from renatus, "reborn"

Renato

Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of the Latin name Renatus.

Renda

Italian surname from a derivative of Latin Laurentius, or from a feminine form of Rando.

Rene

French form of the Latin Renatus, meaning reborn or born again

Renee

English form of Renée

Renegade

A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles

Renelle

A feminine given name recorded in French, where it is rare

Renita

Feminine form of Renatus.

Rennie

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

Renny

Variant of Rennie, used as a given name and a surname

Reno

Recorded as a given name in Japanese and Italian

RenéE

French feminine form of René, from Latin Renatus, meaning reborn

Resi

A feminine given name recorded in Austrian German.

Resko

A town in Łobez County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Retro

Reuben

Behold, a son, from Hebrew רָאָה (to see) and בֵּן (son)

Reva

Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit

Revan

Recorded as a given name in Turkish and as a masculine name in popular culture

Revana

Revel

The English verb meaning to take great pleasure or delight

Rex

Latin rex, meaning "king"

Rexi

Recorded as a given name in modern English, used for both girls and boys

Rexie

A clipping of anorexic with the -ie suffix

Rexy

King or ruler, derived from the Latin word 'rex'.

Rey

Short form of Reynaldo; also the Spanish word for "king"

Reya

A diminutive of the Russian female first name Avreya

Reyna

Variant of Reina, a name meaning 'queen'

Rezo

Recorded as a masculine given name in Georgian

Rezzo

Recorded as a rare modern German masculine given name

Rhana

Rhea

Ancient Greek name of unknown origin, perhaps from rheo, "to flow", or era, "ground".

Rheila

Rhett

English form of the Dutch surname de Raedt, from raet "advice, counsel"

Rhiannon

Probably from Celtic *Rīgantonā, "great queen"

Rhoda

A name of Greek origin meaning 'rose' or 'a rose garden'

Rhodes

Derived from a Greek island.

Rhonda

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