Surnames Starting with R: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

"red cliff"

Descendant of Rabhartach ("flood tide")

Crayfish

Son of Ramiro

Branches; Palm Sunday

"valley of wild garlic"

From Ramsey, "wild garlic island"

From Randolf (wolf)

Little Rand (Randolph)

"fox"

Son of Rasmus (Erasmus)

Red cliff

"rough, hairy"

"son of Rawlin"

Roe deer, or king (nickname)

"rebel"

From the Norman personal name Raymond

"round"

Red-haired

Steward, reeve

Descendant of Riagán

From Richard ("powerful and hardy")

Red-haired

Descendant of Raghallach

From the name Reinmar

Brave in counsel

"kings"

"rider" or "one from a clearing"

From Remigius

Strong in counsel; fox

Counsel and rule

Land clearer; rider

King

Kings (Three Kings)

Son of Reynold ("counsel ruler")

From Resende

Dweller by a clearing

"stream"

Son of Riccardo ("powerful ruler")

Curly-haired

Ardour (from Rhys)

Brave ruler

Son of Richard

Son of Richard, "brave power"

Splendid hill

Judge

"rich"

From Ryedale or Riddell

Dweller by a clearing, or from Rüdiger

"one who lived by a marsh"

Court official; son of Rüdiger

Of the ridge

From Riley in Lancashire ("rye clearing")

From Rinaldo, "ruler by counsel"

Rivers

Little Richard

Knight, or rider

Bank, shore

"riverbanks"

"riverbank"

River

Curly-haired

Curly-haired

Son of Robin

Bright fame

Son of Robert, "bright fame"

Son of Robert ("bright fame")

Little Robert, bright fame

Son of Robin (Robert)

"oak trees"

Fortress, rock

"rock"

Rock, crag

Settler on cleared land

"son of Rodrigo"

Son of Rodrigo, "famous ruler"

"from Rogale"

Famous spear

Son of Roger, "famous spear"

"horn"

"red" or "from Rojas"

Famous land

From Romagna

Of Rome

From Rome

Pilgrim to Rome

Pilgrim

Descendant of Ruanadh ("champion")

Rose

"rose bushes"

Rose; from the woman's name Rose

Rose mountain

Promontory; heath; red

Little red-haired one

Red-haired (plural of Rosso)

Little red-haired one

Wheel; from Rota

Red-haired; from a clearing

Little red-haired one

Little red-haired one

Red-haired

Red-haired (Irish), or from Roland (Scots)

Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf

King

Blond, fair-haired

Famous wolf

Famous spear (Roger)

Son of Ruy (Rodrigo)

Dweller among rushes

Little red one

Red-haired (southern form of Rosso)

Cattle ford

From Rutki / Rutkowo

From a lost Border place

Descendant of a follower of Rian

"fisherman"