Rabbie
Scots diminutive of Robert
The exact Rabbie entry identifies the Scots diminutive of Robert and documents its familiar use for poet Robert Burns.
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- Rabbie♂Scots diminutive of Robert
- Rachel♀Ewe; a female sheep
- Rachelle♀Form of Rachel, from Hebrew “ewe”
- Racquel♀Variant of Raquel, from Rachel: ewe
- Radha♀Success or prosperity in Sanskrit
- Rae♀Short Rachel; also a feminine Ray
- Rael♂Shortened Israel in the Cebuano account
- Rafael♂God has healed
- Rafael Enrique♂Rafael: God has healed; Enrique: Home ruler
- Rafaela♀God heals; feminine of Raphael
- Rahim♂Merciful, kind, or compassionate
- Rahma♀Arabic name: mercy or compassion
- Raimondo♂Counsel and protection
- Raimund♂Counsel and protection
- Rainer♂German Rayner form: counsel and army
- Rainero♂Italian form in the Rainier name family
- Rainier♂Counsel and army
- Rainier Paul♂Rainier: Counsel and army; Paul: Small or little
- Ralf♂Counsel and wolf
- Ralph♂Counsel and wolf
- Ram♂Exalted in Hebrew; also a form of Rama
- Rameses♂Egyptian name: he is born of Ra
- Ramiel♂Possibly Hebrew: thunder of God
- Ramil♂Arabic sand-word connection in a documented Eurasian name tradition
- Ramilo♂Ramiro family; famous element, first root disputed
- Ramir♂Ramiro family; famous element, first root disputed
- Ramiro♂Germanic name with a famous element and disputed first root
- Ramon♂Ramón/Raymond family: counsel + protection
- Ramon Martin♂Ramon: Ramón/Raymond family, counsel + protection; Martin: Related to Mars
- Ramona♀Feminine form of Ramón; counsel and protection
- Ramoncita♀Spanish feminine affectionate name formation
- Ramoncito♂Spanish affectionate form of Ramón
- Ramonita♀Spanish feminine affectionate name formation
- Ramram♂Familiar form of Ramil or Ramon
- Ramsey♂Garlic island in the English place-name account
- Ramy♂Arabic Rami spelling; archer or marksman
- Randall♂Medieval Randolph-name form; shield and wolf tradition
- Randolf♂Germanic elements: shield rim and wolf
- Randolph♂Shield-rim and wolf
- Randolph Joseph♂Randolph: Shield-rim and wolf; Joseph: God will add
- Randy♂♀Familiar form of Randall, Randolf or Miranda
- Randy James♂Randy: Familiar form of Randall, Randolf or Miranda; James: English Jacob-family form through Latin Iacomus
- Ranulfo♂Germanic wolf-name family, with counsel and shield accounts
- Raoul♂Counsel and wolf
- Raphael♂God has healed
- Raphaelle♀God heals, through the Raphaëlle name family
- Raquel♀Ewe, through the name Rachel
- Rashed♂Rightly guided
- Raul♂Counsel and wolf
- Raul Roi♂Raul: Counsel and wolf; Roi: Galician Rodrigo short form, Hebrew my shepherd
- Raulito♂Spanish familiar diminutive of Raúl
- Raven♂♀The raven bird
- Rawda♀Arabic: meadow or garden
- Ray♂♀Short form of Raymond; also echoes a light ray
- Ray Matthew♂Ray: Short form of Raymond, also echoes a light ray; Matthew: Gift of Yahweh
- Raymon♂A variant of Raymond
- Raymond♂Counsel and protection
- Raymond Joey♂Raymond: Counsel and protection; Joey: Affectionate form of Joe or Joseph
- Raymond Nonnatus♂Raymond family with the historical Nonnatus epithet
- Raymund♂Counsel and protection
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Rachel
Ewe; a female sheep
Rachel comes through Greek and Latin from Hebrew Rachel, whose lexical sense is a ewe, a female sheep. It is also the name of the biblical matriarch, giving the personal name a clear narrative history alongside the animal-word meaning.
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Form of Rachel, from Hebrew “ewe”
Rachelle is a form of Rachel, shaped by French spelling and later English naming usage. Rachel continues Hebrew Rahel, whose lexical meaning is ewe, an adult female sheep.
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Variant of Raquel, from Rachel: ewe
Racquel is a variant spelling of Raquel. Raquel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Rachel, whose Hebrew meaning is ewe, a female sheep.
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- 177 Dictionary evidence
- 144 Wikidata
- 237 Philippine source records
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