Ria
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning river mouth; short form of Maria.
Ria by the numbers
In 2025, 38 babies in England and Wales were named Ria. In the US, 105 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 202 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Ria, each of these traces back to Maria: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marianoof Mars, warlike; masculine form of Maria148 in the US (2017)
- Maritzaof the sea; a form of Marina or Maria142 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ria. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rioriver305 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riyathe singer48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ritaflowing or proper; a form of Sarita51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rinasong; joy; a form of Rina71 in the US (2017)
- Rivariver; also a diminutive of Rebecca45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rindignified, severe, or cold39 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ria
Names that are said the same way as Ria, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a river
Like Ria, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Guadaluperiver of the wolf439 in the US (2017)