Boy Dog Names That Start With R

This strong name and its variations are well used in Israel.

This classic Robert nickname is starting to sound sweet again, along with ultra-retro Bobby.

Hearty name derived from the Albanian word rronj, meaning "to survive".

Attractive if phonetically confusing; also pronounced exactly the same as the Renault car.

Romanticizes Rudolph and distances the name from the red-nosed reindeer. After remaining steadily in the US Top 500 for much of the twentieth century, Rodolfo has been slipping of late.

In 2020, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden named their daughter Raddix Chloe Wildflower. They invented the name themselves, but radix is a Latin word meaning "root," giving it a nature and linguistics connection.

An Italian surname — a variant of Rossi — meaning "red", hence a red-headed person. Russo is punchy and full of gusto, and very rare as a first name. It debuted on the US charts for boys in 2019.

Both warmer and cooler than Russell.

Colorful middle name choice.

Scottish Gaelic form of Richard, also found as Risteard.

Coined in the 1940s: an acronym of "radio detection and ranging".

Any name that combines two big trends -- in this case, occupational and western names -- has potential.

A rare, but certainly usable, Japanese name from the manga series Vampire Knight.

Common Spanish surname that can work as a first.

Royalty is a super-hot name for girls, but there's no reason it can't be used for boys too. In fact it is, but only about 5 percent of the time, making it one of those unisex names whose usage is tipped so far toward one gender that it isn't truly unisex. But still, English words are usually not intrinsically gendered so Royalty is perfectly appropriate for boys as well as girls and is one of the fastest-rising unisex names.