| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Raya | friend | Female | Hebrew |
| Ron Weasley | Harry's best friend.
| Male | |
| Rosita | after Joey's chair in Friends | Female | Spanish |
| Ross | from the TV sitcom Friends | Male | Scottish |
| Ruth | compassionate friend | Female | Hebrew |
| Ruthie | aka Baby Ruth | Unisex | |
| Sherwin | From The Bright Forest | Male | English |
| Una | One.
| Female | Latin |
| Vida | life | Female | Spanish |
| Wenda | | Unisex | |
| Wendy | Literary: a created name that first appeared in James Banie's Peter Pan.
| Female | Literary |
| Winfield | | Unisex | |
| Winnie | From Winifred - Peaceful friend | Female | English |
| Winslow | friend's hill or burial mound | Male | English |
| Winston | From a friend's estate. joy stone, victory town | Male | English |
| Winthrop | friendly | Male | English |
| Winton | friend's farm | Male | English |
| Wynton | | Male | Hebrew |
| You | | Unisex | Hebrew |
| Yumi | beauty | Unisex | |
| Zane | God's grace, sea-friend | Male | Possible |