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RANDALL : Derived from the given name RANDEL.

RANDELL : Variant of RANDALL.

RANDRUP : From the name of homesteads in Denmark (in Viborg or Rebild municipalities).

RANERI : Derived from the Italian given name RANIERO.

RANTA : Means "dweller by the shore" from Finnish ranta.

RAO : Derived from the given name ROLLO.

RAPALLINO : From the area of Genoa with a locative origin from the town of Rapallo.

RAPP (1) : Means "quick, prompt" from Swedish rapp, one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century.

RAPP (2) : Means "dark haired" or "raven-like".

RAPTIS : Means "tailor" in Greek.

RASK : Means "healthy, energetic, speedy" in Danish.

RASKE : Variant of RASK, used in Germany and the Netherlands.

RASKOB : Variant of RASKOPH.

RASKOP : Variant of RASKOPH.

RASKOPH : From a nickname meaning "hot head". It occurs in the northern Eifel region in Rheinland.

RASMUSSEN : Means "son of RASMUS".

RATTI : Means "rat", originally denoting a sly individual.

RATTRAY : From a place name meaning "fortress town", from Gaelic rath "fortress" and Welsh tref "town".

RAUTIO : Means "smith" in Finnish, mentioned in the Kalevala. There is also a town called Rautio.

RAVENNA : From the important city of Ravenna, near Bologna, in northern Italy.

RAY : Variant of REY (1), REY (2), RYE (1), RYE (2) or WRAY.

RAYNE : Derived from a Germanic name which was short for longer names beginning with the element ragin meaning "advice, counsel".

RAYNERSON : Means "son of RAYNER".

READ (1) : Means "red" from Middle English read, probably denoting a person with red hair or complexion.

READ (2) : Means "dweller in a clearing in woodland" from Old English ried. It is also derived from various English place names with various meanings, including ...

READDIE : Variant of READY (1).

READY (1) : Means "prepared, prompt" from Middle English readi.

READY (2) : Originally denoted a person from Reedie, Scotland.

READY (3) : Anglicized form of Ó RODAGH.

REAGAN : Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ríagáin meaning "descendant of RIAGÁN".



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