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Riter

From the German surname, probably a variant of Ritter or Reiter.

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Ritu

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 日土 (Rìtǔ).

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Ritz

From the German surname, from the personal name Rizo, partially from Richard and partially from Heinrich. Also shortened from Moritz.

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Riva

From Italian, Catalan, and Spanish surname for someone who lives near a shore, from riva (“shore”).

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Rive

Borrowed from French Rive.

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River

From river.

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Rivet

Borrowed from French Rivet.

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Rivka

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.

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Rivne

Borrowed from Ukrainian Рі́вне (Rívne).

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Riwon

From Korean 리원(利原) (riwon), from either McCune-Reischauer Riwŏn or Revised Romanization Riwon.

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Rix

From Rick + the patronymic suffix -s.

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Rixon

From Rick + -son.

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Riza

Borrowed from Persian رِضَا (rizā), borrowed from Arabic رِضَا (riḍā), from رِضًا (riḍan, “satisfaction, fulfillment”), verbal noun of رَضِيَ (raḍiya, “to be pleased; to be satisfied”).

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Rizal

From Spanish rizal, the province is named after José Rizal.

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Rize

From Turkish Rize.

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Rizo

From Rizzo.

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Rizor

Unknown.

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Rizzi

From Italian Rizzi.

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Rizzo

Borrowed from Old Italian and Neapolitan Rizzo and/or front Sicilian Rizzu.

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Roa

(surname) From Spanish Roa.

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* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Old French roche (“rock”). Compare Roch. * Also as an English surname, from the River Roch; see Roch. * Also as an English surname, shortened from Rochdale.

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Roaix

Borrowed from French Roaix.

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Robar

Borrowed from French Robar or Slovene Robar.

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Robb

From Middle English Robb. From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

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Robbo

From Rob (“diminutive Robert, Robin, etc.”) + -o.

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Robbs

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

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Robby

Clipping of Robert, Roberta + -y.

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Robel

* From Lower Sorbian robel (“sparrow”). Doublet of Wrobel. * From German Röbel, a name related to Robert or otherwise from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi (“renown”) + *balþ (“brave”).

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Robey

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

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Robin

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

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Robl

Borrowed from German Robl.

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Robur

From French Robur in Jules Verne's 1886 Robur-le-Conquérant, from Latin robur (“a kind of oak; strength; hardness”).

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Roby

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

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Roc

Orthographic clipping of Rochester, where pronunciation of /k/ is based on the spelling of ⟨c⟩.

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Rocco

From the Italian form of the name of French 14th century saint Roch, of Germanic origin. The meaning is obscure; Old High German hruoh (“crow”) (from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz), hrok (“rest”) (modern Ruhe) and rohōn (“to ro

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Roces

From Spanish Roces; from Asturian Roces, from roces, plural of roza ("hedges" or "bushes")

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Roch

From Middle English Rechedham, from Old English Reċedhām, of Brythonic origin, from the intensive Proto-Brythonic prefix *ar- + *koɨd (“wood”), meaning "river opposite of the wood." More at Roch.

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Rocha

Borrowed from Portuguese Rocha, from rocha, from Medieval Latin rocca, from Celtic and Germanic, from Indo-European. Cognate with English rock.

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Roche

(Cornish village) Recorded as La Roche 1233; from Anglo-Norman roche (“rock”).

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Rock

* As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach. * Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock. * As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (

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Rocky

Diminutives with -y.

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Rod

Abbreviated form of Rodney and of Roderick, both with roots originating from Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”).

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Rodak

Borrowed from Polish rodak (“countryman”).

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Roddy

Diminutives + -y.

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Rode

In place names, from Old English *rodu (“clearing”).

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Rodea

Borrowed from Spanish Rodea. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

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Roder

* As a German surname Röder, from the old personal name Rodher, from the Germanic elements *hrōþi (“fame”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Roeder. * Also a variant of Ruder (related to the noun rudder) and Reuter.

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Rodes

From the French spelling Rodès; the name of a city in southern France.

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Rodi

Borrowed from Italian Rodi.

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Roe

From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

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Roeh

Shortened form of Roehampton created by taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

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Roehm

Borrowed from German Roehm.

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Roel

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Galician Roel. * Borrowed from Dutch Roel, a short form of the personal names Roeland and Roelof.

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Roese

Borrowed from German Röse.

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Rog

Shortening.

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Rogan

Spelling variant of Rogen.

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Rogel

* from Spanish Rogel, a personal name equivalent to Roger * Americanized from Slovene Rogelj, from Slovene rogelj (“horn point”) * As a German surname, of uncertain etymology, possibly from the obsolete Middle High Germa

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Rogen

From the Irish/Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized from Ruaghagain, from ruadh (“red”).

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Roger

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.

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Roget

Eponymous, named after Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869)'s 1805 thesaurus.

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Rogge

* As a Dutch and German surname, shortened from the name Roger. * As a Dutch and Low German surname, from rogge (“rye”).

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Rogin

Jewish habitational surname from Belarusian Рогин (Róhin), the name of several villages in Belarus.

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Rogue

English surname, originally a nickname derived from the adjective. See rogue.

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Roh

Borrowed from Korean 노(盧) (No) and 노(魯) (No), from Chinese 盧 /卢 (lú) and Chinese 魯 /鲁 (lǔ), respectively.

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Rohan

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

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Roher

Borrowed from German Röher, derived from Middle High German rōhen (“to grunt, roar, make a noise”). Also shortened from Röder, Roeder.

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Rohit

Transliteration of Hindi रोहित (rohit), Bengali রোহিত (rōhito), etc.

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Rohlf

Borrowed from German Rohlf.

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Rohn

From the German surname, from the obsolete noun Middle High German ron (“stump, block”). Also a medieval derivative of Ecclesiastical Latin Hieronymus (compare Jerome).

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Rohrs

Borrowed from German Röhrs.

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Roi

From Marshallese Ruot.

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Roig

Borrowed from Catalan Roig.

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Rojas

Borrowed from Spanish Rojas.

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Rojek

Borrowed from Polish Rojek.

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Rojo

From Spanish, from rojo. A descriptive surname. Doublet of Rosso.

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Roker

Borrowed from German Röker.

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Rolan

Borrowed from Spanish Rolán.

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Rolex

Coined ex nihilo by German watchmaker Hans Wilsdorf in 1908 as a trade name. Wildorf later explained: "I tried combining the letters of the alphabet in every possible way. This gave me some hundred names, but none of the

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Rolf

From Old Norse Hrólfr, and from its Old French equivalent, cognates of Rudolph. Brought to England by the Normans, survived in surnames and was revived in the 19th century, partly due to its modern Scandinavian cognate.

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Rolfe

English surname, spelling variant of Rolf.

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Rolfs

Borrowed from German Rolfs.

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Roli

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोली (rolī).

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Rolla

Borrowed from Italian Rolla.

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Rollo

Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf.

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Rom

From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a caste of itinerant musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of word

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Roma

Borrowed from Romani roma, plural of rom (“man, husband, Romani man”). The latter probably comes from Sanskrit डोम्ब (ḍomba, “lower-caste person working as a wandering musician”), from Sanskrit डमरु (ḍamaru, “drum”), whi

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Roman

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish. * In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Medieval Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos).

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Romas

Various origins: * Borrowed from Ukrainian Ромась (Romasʹ). * Borrowed from Greek Ρώμας (Rómas). * Borrowed from Catalan Romàs.

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Rome

From Middle English Rome, from Old English Rōm, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō and influenced by Late Latin Rōma (“Rome, Constantinople”), from Classical Latin Rōma (“Rome”). In Roman mythology

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Romeo

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

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Romer

In some cases (of people so surnamed) from German Römer (“Roman”).

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Romes

From Rome + -s (“plural suffix”).

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Romey

Variant of Romig.

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Romic

From Rome + -ic.

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Romig

Borrowed from German Romig.

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Romny

From Ukrainian Ромни́ (Romný).

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Romo

Shortening.

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Ron

Clipping of Ronald.

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Rona

Short for Corona.

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Ronan

Borrowed from Irish Rónán.

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Ronca

Borrowed from Italian Ronca.

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Ronda

Variant of Rhonda.

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Roneo

ro(tary) + Neo(style) (“the manufacturer's name”)

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Rong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 容 (Róng).

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Ronia

* Borrowed from Swedish Ronja, from the book of Lindgren. * Transliteration of Russian Роня (Ronja), diminutive of Вероника (Veronika).

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Ronin

From modern films and comics, perhaps literally "a ronin". Compare also Ronan.

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Ronja

* Borrowed from Swedish Ronja, from the book of Lindgren. * Transliteration of Russian Роня (Ronja), diminutive of Вероника (Veronika).

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Ronny

Shortening of Ronald + -y. A less common spelling of Ronnie.

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Ronya

* Swedish Ronja * Russian Роня (Ronja)

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Roof

Calque of Mandarin 危宿 (Wēixiù).

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Roopa

Borrowed from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “any outward appearance or phenomenon or colour, form, shape, figure”).

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Roper

* As an English surname, from the noun roper * As a north/Low German surname for the town crier, from Middle Low German ropen (“to call”), from Old Saxon hrōpan.

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Rorer

Variant spelling of German Rohrer.

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Rori

Variant of Rory.

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Rork

Reduced and altered form of O'Rourke.

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Rory

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh and Irish Ruairí (“red-haired king”), from Old Irish Ruaidrí (“red king”).

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Rosa

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hwerdʰ-der.? Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)wardʰ- Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.? Latin rosabor. English Rosa Borrowed from Latin rosa (“rose”).

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Rosas

Borrowed from Spanish Rosas.

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Rose

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róž

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Rosen

Jewish, German, Swedish, and English surname, all related to the noun rose and the name Rose. Compare Rosén, Roseen, Rosene.

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Rosie

Diminutives + -ie.

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Rosin

* As a German surname, from the noun Rosine (“raisin”). Also Germanized/Americanized from Slavic forms of this word such as Slovene rozina, Lower Sorbian rozyna, themselves borrowed from the German. * As an Italian surna

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Roske

Borrowed from German Roske.

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Rosol

Borrowed from Czech Rosol or Polish Rosół.

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Ross

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There wer

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Rossa

From Italian Rossa.

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Rosse

Borrowed from German Rosse, or a variant of the Scottish surname Ross.

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Rossi

Borrowed from Italian Rossi.

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Rosso

* As an Italian surname, from the adjective rosso (“red”). This is also found in Croatia as Roso. * As a Greek surname Ρόσσος (Róssos), from the Italian surname above, or sometimes from Ρώσος (Rósos, “Russian”).

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Rossy

(Ross, Rosa given name diminutive, surname Ross nickname): Name + -y

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Rosy

Rose + -y

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Rota

From Italian Rota, from Latin Rota, from Latin rota (“wheel”).

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Roth

The surname reflects several origins; see Roth.

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Rothe

Borrowed from German Rothe.

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Rott

Shortening.

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Rotto

From Rottnest + -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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Rotzo

Borrowed from Italian Rotzo.

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Rouch

Borrowed from French Rouch.

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Rouen

Borrowed from French Rouen, from Latin Rotomagus. Replaced Middle English Rone, from Anglo-Norman Ron.

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Rouge

Borrowed from French Rouge.

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Rough

English and Scottish surname, variant of Ruff, itself of several origins: * From the adjective rough * Variant of Roof, Roff, Rolfe * Scots pronunciation of Rock * German variant of Ruf, itself shortened from Rudolf.

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Rourk

Variant of Rourke, a reduced form of O'Rourke.

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Rouse

* As an English surname, from Middle English and Anglo-Norman rous (“red-haired”), from Latin russus. * As a German surname, Americanized from Raus. * As a northern French and Walloon surname Rousé, variant of Rosé, Rose

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Route

Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.

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Roux

Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).

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Rover

From rover.

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Rovno

Borrowed from Russian Ро́вно (Róvno).

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Row

English surname, variant of Rowe.

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Rowan

Anglicised from the Irish saints' name Ruadhán (“little red one”), or as a surname from Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).

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Rowe

* As an English surname, from Middle English Rowe, from the noun row. Compare Rew and Rawe. * Also as an English surname, variant of Rolfe, Rough, Ralph, Rowson.

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Rowen

From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).

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Rowse

Variant spelling of Rouse.

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Roxy

Diminutives + -y.

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Roy

From various sources: * Anglo-Norman roy (“king”) a variant of Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rey. * Scottish Gaelic ruadh (“red, red-haired”) from Old

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Royal

A habitational surname, shaped by folk etymology, from places in England, Riehale, Righale, Ryhill and Ryall, Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”), and Royle, rā (“roe”) + hyll (“hill”).

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Royce

Derived from the Middle English given name Rose. See English Rose.

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Rozas

Habitational surname, borrowed from Spanish Rozas, from roza (“swidden”).

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Rozek

From Polish Rożek and Czech Rožek.

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Rozen

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew רוזן (rozen, “prince, count, ruler”), perhaps a Hebraicized form of Rosen. * Borrowed from Polish Rożeń, a nickname from rożen (“broach spit”) or róg (“horn”).

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Rozwi

From Kalanga rozvi (“destroyer, plunderer”).

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Roșia

From Romanian Roșia.

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Rp

Borrowed from Indonesian Rp, abbreviated from rupiah.

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Rs

By initialism from English or other languages.

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Rua

Borrowed from Italian Rua and Galician Rúa.

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Ruane

Anglicized from Irish Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).

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Rubbo

Borrowed from Italian Rubbo.

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Ruben

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

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Rubio

Borrowed from Spanish Rubio.

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Ruby

The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

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Ruchi

Borrowed from Sanskrit रुचि (ruci).

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Ruck

* As a German surname, from the noun Rücken (“back”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from derivatives of Rüdiger. * As an English surname, variant of Rook, itself from the noun rook (“type of crow”).

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Rucka

Borrowed from Czech Ručka.

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Rucki

Borrowed from Polish Rucki.

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Ruda

From Ukrainian Руда́ (Rudá).

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Rudd

Originally a nickname from Middle English, meaning "red".

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Ruden

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Ruden or Rüden. * Borrowed from Swedish Rudén.

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Rudge

From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

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Rudi

Borrowed from German Rudi.

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Rudie

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Rude or Rudi.

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Rudky

From Ukrainian Ру́дки (Rúdky).

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Rudra

From Sanskrit रुद्र (rudra).

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Rudy

Etymology tree English Rudolph Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Rudy From Rudolph + -y.

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Rueb

Borrowed from German Rüb.

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Rueff

Borrowed from South German Rüff.

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Ruegg

Borrowed from German Rügg.

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Rufo

Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Rufo.

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Rufus

From Latin rūfus (“red”).

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Rugao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 如皋 (Rúgāo).

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Rugby

From earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old En

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Rugg

Topographic surname, from Middle English rygge (“ridge”), from Old English hrycg.

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Ruhe

Borrowed from German Ruhe.

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Ruhr

From German Ruhr.

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Ruili

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 瑞麗 /瑞丽 (Ruìlì).

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Ruism

Partial calque from Mandarin 儒教 (rújiào, “Confucianism”): Mandarin 儒 (rú) + -ism.

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Ruist

From Ruism: Mandarin 儒 (rú) + -ist.

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Rulli

Borrowed from Italian Rulli.

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Rulo

Probably an Americanized spelling of a French surname, such as Rouleau or Rulon.

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Rum

From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

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Rumbo

Borrowed from Galician Rumbo, a habitational surname.

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Rumi

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Rumi, ultimately derived from Persian رومی (rumi, “Roman”).

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