Names I Would Actually Use

• Rafferty: an Irish surname name; meaning is 'wealthy, prosperous'.
• Reid: a surname name; from a Scottish variant of Reed which derived from an English surname which comes from multiple sources; Old English read meaning 'red' which was originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion and Old English ried meaning 'clearing' which was given to a person who lived in a clearing in the woods.
• Rhodes: a surname name; derived from Old English rod meaning 'a clearing in woodland'. Rhodes is also the name of a Greek island; derived from Greek rhodon meaning 'rose'.
• Ryan: an Irish surname; derived from Ó Riain meaning 'descendent of Rían'. Probably means 'little king'; from Irish rí 'king' combined with a diminutive suffix.

Guilty Pleasure

• Rex: means 'king'.
• Riley: a surname name; derived from two distinct sources. As an Irish surname it is a variant of Reilly which is derived from the given name Raghailleach which meaning is unknown. As an English surname it is derived from a place name meaning 'rye clearing' in Old English.
• Ripley: a surname and city name; from a surname which originally came from a place name that meant 'strip clearing' in Old English.
• River: a word/geographical name that denotes a flowing body of water; derived from Latin ripa 'riverbank'.
• Romeo: the Italian form of the late Latin name Romaeus meaning 'a pilgrim to Rome'.
• Ryder: an English surname name; derived from Old English ridere meaning 'mounted warrior' or 'messenger'.