Names

Variant of Rey 1.

Filipino form of the Spanish Rojas.

Originally given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash.

Derived from the given name Roland.

From the medieval name Row, which is either a variant of Roul or short form of Roland.

Means “row” in Middle English, indicating a dweller by a row of hedges or houses.

Originally indicated a person who lived in an overgrown valley, from Old English ruh “rough, overgrown” and boðm “valley”.

Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin.

From the name of the city of Rovigo in northeastern Italy near Venice. It was called Rodigium in Latin, and is of unknown meaning.

Derived from Old French ros meaning “red”, from Latin russus, a nickname for a red-haired person.