Are you looking for newborn baby names? Have a look at our list of baby boy names beginning with R along with their meaning and origin to see if your son could be a Radcliffe, Regan or Ryker

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1. Rab

  • Origin: Scottish
  • Meaning: bright; fame
  • Also: Robert

2. Rachamin

  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: Compassion and understanding

3. Radcliffe

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: red cliff; a surname used as a first name

4. Radhakrishna

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  • Origin: Indian
  • Meaning: name describing the complete God

5. Radomil

  • Origin: Czech
  • Meaning: love of peace

6. Rafferty

  • Origin: Gaelic
  • Meaning: prosperity

7. Raha

  • Origin: Swahili
  • Meaning: joy

8. Rahim

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: merciful
  • Also: Raheem

9. Rahul

  • Origin: Hindi
  • Meaning: conqueror of all miseries

10. Raimy

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: compassionate; also used as a girl’s name
  • Also: Raimee

11. Rainier

  • Origin: German
  • Meaning: wise army
  • Also: Rayner

12. Raja

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: hope

13. Rajan

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: the king
  • Also: Rajesh

14. Rajnish

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: the moon
  • Also: Rajneesh

15. Raleigh

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: deer’s meadow
  • Also: Rayleigh, Rawley

16. Ralph

  • Origin: Old Norse
  • Meaning: wolf counsellor
  • Also: Rafe, Ralf, Raoul (French form), Raul (Spanish form)

17. Rama

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: pleasing

18. Ramon

  • Origin: Spanish
  • Meaning: counsel, protection
  • Also: Raymond

19. Ramsey

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: garlic Island
  • Also: Ramsay

20. Randal

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: shield of the wolf
  • Also: Rand, Ranulf

21. Randolph

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: shield of the wolf; this name is from the same root as Randal
  • Also: Randy

22. Rankin

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: little shield
  • Also: Rankine

23. Ransom

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: warrior’s shield

24. Raoul

  • Origin: French
  • Meaning: counsel; wolf
  • Also: Ralph, Raul

25. Raphael

  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: God has healed

26. Raqib

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: guardian

27. Rashad

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: maturity

28. Rashan

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: newly created
  • Also: Roshawn, RoShawn

29. Rastus

  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: beloved
  • Also: Erasmus

30. Ravi

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: the sun
  • Also: Ravindra

31. Rawley

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: roe deer's meadow
  • Also: Raleigh

32. Rawnsley

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the field of ravens

33. Raymond

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: strong protection
  • Also: Ray, Ramon (Spanish form)

34. Rayner

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: mighty people
  • Also: Rayne, Rainier (French form)

35. Razi

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: secret
  • Also: Raz, Raziel

36. Read

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: red
  • Also: Reade, Reed, Reede

37. Reading

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: son of the red head
  • Also: Redding

38. Redman

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the red man
  • Also: Redmond

39. Reece

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: passion
  • Also: Rhys

40. Regan

  • Origin: Irish
  • Meaning: descended from kings; a surname used as a first name
  • Also: Reagan, Rogan

41. Reginald

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: power
  • Also: Reg, Reggie, Rex, Renato (Italian form)

42. Rehan

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: scented

43. Remus

  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: an oar; Remus was the brother of Romulus, the founder of Rome.

44. Renato

  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: born again
  • Also: Reginald

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45. René

  • Origin: French
  • Meaning: born again

46. Renfrew

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the point of two river currents meeting

47. Renton

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: settlement of the deer

48. Reuben

  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: behold a son
  • Also: Rube

49. Rex

  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: king

50. Reyansh

  • Origin: Hindi
  • Meaning: ray of light

51. Reynard

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: strong and brave

52. Reynold

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: might

53. Rhodri

  • Origin: Welsh
  • Meaning: crowned leader
  • Also: Roderick (English form)

54. Rhys

  • Origin: Welsh
  • Meaning: temper
  • Also: Reece

55. Rian/Riaan

  • Origin: Irish
  • Meaning: king
  • Also: Ryan

56. Richard

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: powerful ruler
  • Also: Dick, Dickie, Rich, Richie, Ricky, Rickie, Ricard

57. Richmond

  • Origin: Old French
  • Meaning: the rich hill
  • Also: Rich, Richey

58. Rida

  • Origin: Arabic
  • Meaning: favoured

59. Rider

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: horseman

60. Ridley

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: reed meadow

61. Rigby

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: ridge farm

62. Rigg

  • Origin: Anglo-Saxon
  • Meaning: ridge

63. Rikuto

  • Origin: Japanese
  • Meaning: land

64. Riley

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: wood clearing

65. Riordan

  • Origin: Irish
  • Meaning: royal poet
  • Also: Reardon

66. Ripley

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: shouting man’s meadow

67. Rishi

  • Origin: Indian
  • Meaning: wise man

68. River

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: body of water

69. Roald

  • Origin: Old Norse
  • Meaning: famous leader

70. Robert

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: bright fame
  • Also: are Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Bert, Rab, Rabbie (Scottish forms)

71. Robin

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: bright
  • Also: Robert, Robyn

72. Robinson

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: son of Robin

73. Rochester

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: stone camp or fortress

74. Rodden

  • Origin: Gaelic
  • Meaning: place or house in the clearing

75. Roderick

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: famous rule
  • Also: Rod, Roddy, Roderick (Spanish form)

76. Rodney

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: island near the clearing; a surname and Somerset place used as a first name
  • Also: Rod, Roddy

77. Rodrigo

  • Origin: Spanish
  • Meaning: famous ruler
  • Also: Roderick

78. Roger

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: famous spearman
  • Also: Rodger, Rodge

79. Rohan

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: healing

80. Roland

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: the famous land
  • Also: Rowland, Rolland, Roly, Orlando

81. Rolf

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: famous wolf
  • Also: Ralph, Rollo.

82. Romilly

  • Origin: French
  • Meaning: man of Rome, the capital city of Italy

83. Romney

  • Origin: Welsh
  • Meaning: winding river

84. Ronak

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: enrichment

85. Ronald

  • Origin: Scottish
  • Meaning: rules with counsel; Scottish form of Reynald and Reginald
  • Also: Ranald, Reg, Reggi, Ron, Ronnie

86. Ronan

  • Origin: Irish
  • Meaning: little seal; a name used in Ireland and Scotland

87. Rory

  • Origin: Irish and Gaelic
  • Meaning: red-haired
  • Also: Rorie, Ruari, Ruaridh

88. Roscoe

  • Origin: Norse
  • Meaning: roe or deer’s wood

89. Ross

  • Origin: Gaelic
  • Meaning: headland; the name of a Scottish clan

90. Rowan

  • Origin: Irish
  • Meaning: red-haired

91. Rowe

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: roe deer

92. Rowell

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: roe deer well

93. Rowley

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: roughly cleared meadow

94. Roxburgh

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the fort with rooks

95. Roy

  • Origin: Gaelic
  • Meaning: red

96. Royce

  • Origin: English
  • Meaning: son of the king; associated with the Rolls-Royce car brand

97. Royle

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the hill of roe deer

98. Royston

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the town of Royce

99. Rube

  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: behold a son
  • Also: Reuben

100. Rudolf

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: famous wolf
  • Also: Rudolph, Rudy, Rudi

101. Rudra

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: the roared

102. Rudyard

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: an enclosure

103. Rufus

  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: red-haired

104. Runako

  • Origin: African American
  • Meaning: handsome

105. Rupak

  • Origin: Sanskrit
  • Meaning: beautiful
  • Also: Rupesh, Rupchand, Rupinder

106. Rupert

  • Origin: Old German
  • Meaning: bright fame; this name comes from the same root as Robert

107. Russell

  • Origin: Norse
  • Meaning: red-haired or skinned
  • Also: Russ

108. Rutherford

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: cattle crossing

109. Rutland

  • Origin: Norse
  • Meaning: land of roots

110. Ryan

  • Origin: Gaelic
  • Meaning: little king
  • Also: Rian, Riaan

111. Ryker

  • Origin: Danish
  • Meaning: strong

112. Ryland

  • Origin: Old English
  • Meaning: the land that grows rye
  • Also: Rylan

About our author Catherine Ball

Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.

Illustration: Emma Winchester

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