Name

Name RIGHT

Between 1980 and 2022 there were 2 births of Right in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Right per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Right
In Italiano

Nome Right

Information about the first name Right

The first name Right has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Right is the most common is:

Quebec

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 1 vowel and 4 consonants

Right in Japanese ^*

Romaji	rito
Katakana	リト
Hiragana	りと
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name Right

English

Etymology

From Middle English right, righte, from Old English rihte, rehte (“right; rightly; due; directly; straight”), from Proto-Germanic *rehta, from *rehtaz (“right; straight”).

Etymology

From Middle English right, righte, reght, reghte, riȝt, riȝte, from Old English riht, reht, ġeriht (“that which is right, just, or proper; a right; due; law; canon; rule; direction; justice; equity; standard”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“a right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵt- (“to straighten; direct”). Cognate with Dutch recht (“a right; privilege”), German Recht (“a right”), Danish ret (“a right”).

Etymology

From Middle English righten, reghten, riȝten, from Old English rihtan, ġerihtan (“to straighten, judge, set upright, set right”), from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to straighten; rectify; judge”).

Etymology (Adverb)

right (not comparable)
On the right side.
Towards the right side.
Exactly, precisely.
Immediately, directly.
(Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
In a correct manner.
(dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.

Etymology (Verb)

right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)
(transitive) To correct.
(transitive) To set upright.
(intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Alternative forms

ryght (obsolete)
reight (Yorkshire, eye dialect)
rite (informal)

Alternative forms

right

Anagrams

girth, grith

Proper noun

Right
(politics) The political right wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual right-wing political party.

Proper noun (Antonyms)

Left

Proper noun (Synonyms)

(political right): right wing, rightists

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English riht.

Adjective

right (plural and weak singular righte, comparative rightre, superlative rightest)
Straight; not crooked or bent.
On the or at the right (as opposed to left)
Morally or legally correct or justified.
Real, genuine, authentic, true.
Natural, undisturbed.

Alternative forms

reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht

Noun

right (plural rightes)
A good deed; a right action.
A just or equitable action.
A law, ruling, judgement or rule.
A right, entitlement or privilege.
Truth, correctness.
right (direction; as opposed to the left)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /rixt/, /riːxt/, [ɹiːçt]
Rhymes: -ixt

Adjective (Descendants)

English: right→ Spanish: right→ Welsh: reit
Scots: richt
Yola: reicht, riaught, ryaught

Adjective (Related terms)

rightful

Noun (Descendants)

English: right→ Spanish: right→ Welsh: reitNorthumbrian: reet
Scots: richt
Yola: reights (plural)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English right fielder.

Noun

right m (plural rights)
(baseball) right fielder

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈrait/ [ˈrai̯t̪]
Rhymes: -ait

Noun (Usage notes)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.