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Rigel

What does Rigel mean?

Rigel Pronunciation of Rigel as a boys' name is pronounced RYE-jel. It is of Arabic origin, and the meaning of Rigel is "foot". In the Orion constellation, Rigel is the blue star of the first magnitude that marks the hunter's left foot.

STARTS WITH Ri-

ASSOCIATED WITH arabic, hunter

Variations

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Rinel, ..

(female) Righ, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rigel Aziel (R.A.), ..

How popular is Rigel?

Rigel is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent surname for all people (#35666 out of 150436, Top 24%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Rigel has not been listed in the list so far. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rigel name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rigel outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Airel, Angel, Fidel, Miguel, Mikel, Nagel, Niel, Nigel, Niguel, Nijel, Nygel, Rafel, Ravel, Regen, Reuel, Rice, Rider, Ridge, Rien, Ries, Rigg, Rike, Riker, Riley, River, Rives, Rodel, Roger, Ronel, Ruel and Videl. These names tend to be more commonly used than Rigel.


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