R Names – Irish names starting with R

View the meaning and learn how pronounce Irish baby names starting with R. Each R name has spoken audio so you can listen as names that start with R are read and get the correct Irish pronunciation and meaning.

Radha

Meaning of the Irish name Radha. Listen and learn how to pronounce Radha so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From radharc meaning “a vision.” GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Radha PRONUNCIATION: row + a” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Radha and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Radha:Play Audio for Radha Back to Irish Girl Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your Little One! The Irish Post – features Baby Names of Ireland! … Read more

Regan

Meaning of the Irish name Regan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Regan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: Comes from ri “sovereign, king” and the diminutive -in and means “the king’s child” or may come from riogach “impulsive, furious.” Regan may be used for a boy or a girl. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Regan PRONUNCIATION: ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Regan and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Regan:Play Audio for Regan Back to Irish Girl Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names … Read more

Riona

Meaning of the name Riona. Listen and learn how to pronounce Riona so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: From rionach meaning “queenly.” In legend Rionach was the wife of “Niall of the Nine Hostages” (read the legend) and as such is the maternal ancestor of many of the great Irish family dynasties. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Riona Rionach PRONUNCIATION: ree + in + ock” ENGLISH: Riona AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Riona and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Riona:Play Audio for Riona Back to Irish Girl … Read more

Rionach

Meaning of the Irish name Rionach. Listen and learn how to pronounce Rionach so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From rionach meaning “queenly.” In legend Rionach was the wife of “Niall of the Nine Hostages” (read the legend) and as such is the maternal ancestor of many of the great Irish family dynasties. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Rionach PRONUNCIATION: ree + in + ock” ENGLISH: Riona AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Rionach and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Rionach:Play Audio for Rionach Back to Irish … Read more

Roisin

Roisin pronunciation, meaning and origin of the Irish girls name. How do you pronounce the Irish girls name Roisin? What does the Irish name Roisin mean? From the Latin name Rosa and means “little rose”. Records show that the name has been in use in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When the expression of Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed during Ireland’s troubled and turbulent past, the Irish bards would disguise their nationalistic verse as love songs. In the figure of Roisin Dubh (“Dark Rosaleen”), a Gaelic poem translated by James Clarence Mangan in 1835, the name became a … Read more

Raymond

Meaning of the name Raymond. Listen and learn how to pronounce Raymond so you can get the correct pronunciation for this boy name. MEANING: An Irish version of the Germanic ragan + mund “”counsellor, protector.”” Particularly popular in Northern Ireland where Redmond O’Hanlon was a charismatic outlaw, the Irish “”Robin Hood.”” He was born about 1623 in Country Armagh where his father owned seven townlands. During the Cromwellian settlement their estate was taken over by the English. Redmond, his three brothers and a band of about 50 followers took to the hills. Known as “Rapparees,” they were the terror of those who had confiscated … Read more

Rori

Meaning of the name Rori. Listen and learn how to pronounce Rori so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: From rua + ri “red-headed king” it is often used as the feminine of the name Rory. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Rori Ruari PRONUNCIATION: ro + ree” ENGLISH: Rori AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Rori and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Rori:Play Audio for Rori Back to Irish Girl Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For … Read more

Redmond

Meaning of the Irish name Redmond. Listen and learn how to pronounce Redmond so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: An Irish version of the Germanic ragan + mund “”counsellor, protector.”” Particularly popular in Northern Ireland where Redmond O’Hanlon was a charismatic outlaw, the Irish “”Robin Hood.”” He was born about 1623 in Country Armagh where his father owned seven townlands. During the Cromwellian settlement their estate was taken over by the English. Redmond, his three brothers and a band of about 50 followers took to the hills. Known as “Rapparees,” they were the terror of those who … Read more

Rosaleen

Meaning of the name Rosaleen. Listen and learn how to pronounce Rosaleen so you can get the correct pronunciation for this girl name. MEANING: From the Latin name Rosa and means “little rose.” Records show that the name has been in use in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When the expression of Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed during Ireland’s troubled and turbulent past, the Irish bards would disguise their nationalistic verse as love songs. In the figure of Roisin Dubh (“Dark Rosaleen”), a Gaelic poem translated by James Clarence Mangan in 1835, the name became a poetic symbol … Read more

Reilly

Meaning of the Irish name Reilly. Listen and learn how to pronounce Reilly so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: Meaning “”courageous, valiant.”” A surname in Ireland that can be used as a given name. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Reilly Riley PRONUNCIATION: “”rye + lee”” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Reilly and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Reilly:Play Audio for Reilly Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For Your … Read more

Ruari

Meaning of the Irish name Ruari. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ruari so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From rua + ri “red-headed king” it is often used as the feminine of the name Rory. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Ruari PRONUNCIATION: ro + ree” ENGLISH: Rori AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Ruari and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Ruari:Play Audio for Ruari Back to Irish Girl Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names … Read more

Ryanne

Meaning of the Irish name Ryanne. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ryanne so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name. MEANING: From ri + the diminutive -in meaning “little king” and has become a female form of Ryan. GENDER: Girl | Female IRISH NAME: Ryanne PRONUNCIATION: rye + an” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Ryanne and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Ryanne:Play Audio for Ryanne Back to Irish Girl Names Around the Web: 23 popular Irish names and what they mean. Discover 15 Lucky Irish Baby Names For … Read more

Riordan

Meaning of the Irish name Riordan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Riordan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From ri “”king”” and bardan “”poet”” it means “”royal poet.”” In Irish tradition the poet was very highly regarded in any royal household as he acted as scholar, historian and advisor to the king. GENDER: Boy | Male IRISH NAME: Riordan PRONUNCIATION: “”reer + don”” ENGLISH: AUDIO: (Listen to the late author Frank McCourt pronounce Riordan and read along with the meaning)Play Audio for Riordan:Play Audio for Riordan Back to Irish Boy Names Around the Web: 23 popular … Read more

Ronan

Meaning of the Irish name Ronan. Listen and learn how to pronounce Ronan so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish boy name. MEANING: From ron “”a seal.”” Legend tells of a seal who is warned never to stray too close to the land. When the “”seal child”” is swept ashore by a huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a “”Selkie”” or “”seal maiden.”” Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as “”ronans”” or “”little seals,”” she never quite loses her “”sea-longing.”” Eventually she finds the “”seal-skin”” which … Read more

Ruari

Meaning, pronunciation and origin of the Irish boys name Ruari How do you pronounce Irish name Ruari? What does the Irish name Ruari mean? From rua + ri meaning “red king, great king”. Rory O’Connor, the last High King of Ireland was forced to abdicate the throne in 1175. What is the gender for the Irish name Ruari? Boy | Male, however it also can be used for a girl. Is Ruari a boy or girl name? Ruari is traditionally given to a boy. How do you spell Ruari in Irish? It is spelled “Ruari”. How do you pronounce the Irish name Ruari? It … Read more