Muslim names starting with R
All names starting with R, for girls and boys, with a one-line meaning.
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- Rayyanرَيَّان “The one whose thirst is quenched”, well-watered, the opposite of thirsty
- Rumaysaرُمَيْصَاء Nickname of Umm Sulaym, mother of Anas; Arabic name of a faint star (al-Rumaysaʾ)
- Reemرِيم “The white gazelle”, an image of grace
- Ridaرِضَا “Contentment, good pleasure”: being satisfied, and accepted
- Rabiaرَابِعَة “The fourth”; name of Rabiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya, the ascetic of Basra
- Ridwanرِضْوَان “Divine good pleasure”, Allah’s supreme satisfaction
- Rayhanaرَيْحَانَة “Fragrant plant, sweet basil”; figuratively, the joy of the heart
- Raadرَعْد “Thunder”
- Rafiرَافِع “The one who raises”, who lifts up and elevates
- Raghadرَغَد “An easy, abundant life”, without hardship
- Rahafرَهَف “Fineness, delicacy”, refined sensitivity
- Rahmaرَحْمَة “Mercy”, the tenderness that moves one to do good
- Rahmanرَحْمٰن “The Most Merciful”, a name proper to Allah
- Rakanرَاكَان Najdi name linked to the root r-k-n, “to lean firmly”: “steady, one to rely on”
- Ramlaرَمْلَة “A grain of sand”, a sand dune
- Randرَنْد Name of a tree with fragrant wood, sung by poets
- Rashaرَشَا “The fawn”, a young gazelle beginning to walk
- Rashadرَشَاد “Right guidance, the right way”
- Rashidرَشِيد “Rightly guided, sensible”, following the right path
- Rawanرَوَان Persian word: “soul”, and “flowing” (running water)
- Rawdahرَوْضَة “The flowering garden”, the green meadow
- Reemaرِيمَا A form of Rim, “the pure white gazelle”
- Rimasرِيمَاس Modern name of uncertain origin, popular in Arabia and the Levant
- Ritajرِتَاج “The great gate”; ritaj al-Kaʿba, the door of the Kaʿba
- Rubaرُبَى “Hills”, rises of land, often green
- Rubayyiرُبَيِّع “Little spring”, diminutive of rabiʿ
- Rufaidaرُفَيْدَة “Little help, little support”, from the root of aid and giving
- Ruqayyaرُقَيَّة Diminutive from the root r-q-y: rising, ascent