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Names starting with Ri

री (Ri) is the naming syllable of Chitra nakshatra, pada 4, in Tula rashi. These are the 44 names in Kalava's list that begin with it, each with its meaning as the Sanskrit dictionary prints it.

Girls · 15 Boys · 25 A girl or a boy · 4

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  1. Riya रिया regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  2. Reena रीणा attested

    melted, dissolved, vanished

    rīṇa · MW 881,2 · Apte 913

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  3. Reema रीमा regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  4. Ritu ऋतु attested

    an epoch, period (esp. a division or part of the year)

    ṛtu · MW 224,1 · Apte 349

  5. Rihana रिहना regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  6. Rina ऋण attested

    going, flying, fugitive (as a thief)

    ṛṇa · MW 225,3 · Apte 348

    The dictionary's sense is unflattering: ‘going, flying, fugitive (as a thief)’; neuter in Sanskrit; the dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  7. Rugmini ऋग्मिनी attested

    praising, jubilant with praise

    ṛgmin · MW 225,1 · Apte 348

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  8. Reethi रीति attested

    a stream, current; also going, motion, course

    rīti · MW 881,2 · Apte 913

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  9. Riddhi ऋद्धि attested

    a name of the Goddess (Devi); increase, growth, prosperity, success, good fortune, wealth

    ṛddhi · MW 226,2 · Apte 350

  10. Risha रिशा attested

    N. of a partic. small animal

    riśā · MW 881,1

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  11. Rishika ऋषिका attested

    the wife of an inferior Ṛṣi

    ṛṣikā · MW 227,2

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  12. Riksha ऋक्षा attested

    hurting, pernicious

    ṛkṣa · MW 224,3 · Apte 347

  13. Rita ऋता attested

    proper, right, fit, apt, suitable, able, brave, honest; also met with, afflicted by

    ṛta · MW 223,2 · Apte 348

  14. Riti ऋति attested

    prosperity, felicity; also going, motion

    ṛti · MW 224,1 · Apte 349

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  15. Rishikulya ऋषिकुल्या attested

    ‘the river of the Ṛṣis’, a sacred river

    ṛṣikulyā · MW 227,1

Boys25

  1. Rita ऋत attested

    proper, right, fit, apt, suitable, able, brave, honest; also met with, afflicted by

    ṛta · MW 223,2 · Apte 348

    Masculine in Sanskrit, but given mostly to girls.

  2. Rishabh ऋषभ attested

    the best or most excellent of any kind or race; also a bull

    ṛṣabha · MW 226,3 · Apte 350

  3. Rishi ऋषि attested

    a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage

    ṛṣi · MW 226,3 · Apte 350

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  4. Rihaan रिहान regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  5. Richa ऋच attested

    ifc. = ṛc, verse, sacred verse

    ṛca · MW 225,2

    Masculine in Sanskrit, but given mostly to girls.

  6. Ritesh रितेश regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  7. Rishad रिशद regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  8. Roodamal ऋद्धमल्ल compound

    increased, thriving, prosperous, abundant + a wrestler or boxer by profession (the…

    ṛddha + malla · MW 226,1; 793,1

  9. Rishidev ऋषिदेव attested

    N. of a Buddha

    ṛṣideva · MW 227,1

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  10. Roodasimh ऋद्धसिंह compound

    increased, thriving, prosperous, abundant + ‘the powerful one’

    ṛddha + siṃha · MW 226,1; 1213,1

  11. Ridamal ऋद्धमल्ल compound

    increased, thriving, prosperous, abundant + a wrestler or boxer by profession (the…

    ṛddha + malla · MW 226,1; 793,1

  12. Risu ऋषु attested

    glow, flame (?)

    ṛṣu · MW 227,2 · Apte 351

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

  13. Rishaan रिशान modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

  14. Riyaan रियान modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

  15. Rivaan रिवान modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

  16. Rishik ऋषिक attested

    a Ṛṣi of lower degree

    ṛṣika · MW 227,2 · Apte 351

  17. Ridhaan रिधान modern coinage

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning; its source language has not been checked.

  18. Riddha ऋद्ध attested

    increased, thriving, prosperous, abundant, wealthy

    ṛddha · MW 226,1 · Apte 350

  19. Riksamashringa ऋक्सामशृङ्ग attested

    a name of Vishnu

    ṛksāmaśṛṅga · MW 225,1

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  20. Riksha ऋक्ष attested

    the best or most excellent; also hurting, pernicious

    ṛkṣa · MW 224,3 · Apte 347

  21. Rira रीर attested

    a name of Shiva

    rīra · MW 881,2

    In Monier-Williams only, not in Apte.

  22. Rishabhadhvaja ऋषभध्वज attested

    a name of Shiva

    ṛṣabhadhvaja · MW 226,3

  23. Ritadhama ऋतधामा attested

    a name of Vishnu; one whose abode is truth or divine law, abiding in truth

    ṛtadhāman · MW 223,3

  24. Ritambhara ऋतंभर attested

    a name of Vishnu; bearing the truth in one's self

    ṛtaṃbhara · MW 223,3 · Apte 349

  25. Ritu ऋतु attested

    any settled point of time, fixed time

    ṛtu · MW 224,1 · Apte 349

A girl or a boy4

  1. Riku रिकु regional

    Not a Sanskrit word, so the dictionary gives it no meaning.

  2. Ripu रिपु attested

    deceitful, treacherous, false

    ripu · MW 880,3 · Apte 913

  3. Riju ऋजु attested

    tending in a straight direction, straight (lit. and fig.

    ṛju · MW 225,2 · Apte 348

  4. Ridha ऋद्धा attested

    increased, thriving, prosperous, abundant, wealthy

    ṛddha · MW 226,1 · Apte 350

    The dictionary has the word, but never as anybody's name.

What the grades mean
attested
The name is a word in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit dictionary, and the meaning is the dictionary's own.
compound
Two dictionary words joined; the meaning gives both halves.
regional
Not a Sanskrit word as it is written, but long given in Indian families: it is in the Indian electoral rolls. A Tamil or Malayalam form of a Sanskrit name says so, and takes that word's meaning.
modern coinage
Not a Sanskrit word and not in the rolls: a recent name, seen in US or UK birth registers.

MW is Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), by page and column; Apte is The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), by page. Where a name is not a Sanskrit word, its Devanagari is worked out from the English spelling.

The four padas of Chitra: पे Pe · पो Po · रा Ra · री Ri

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Meanings from Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), and Apte, The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890), as digitised by the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, CC BY-SA 4.0. Popularity from the US Social Security Administration (public domain), the Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0) and Indian electoral-roll first names (Chintalapati, Laohaprapanon and Sood, CC0). Kalava's names data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. The licence. This page is shared under the same licence.