Riana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in England and Wales.
Riana by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Riana. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 124 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Riana
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Riana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rinasong; joy; a form of Rina71 in the US (2017)
- Ranaking; also used in Arabic for frog16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rionagreat queen; a form of Regan or Riona16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ryanalittle king; feminine form of Ryan4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riatalasso or rope used for lassoing8 in the US (2017)
- Rihanasweet basil; fragrant plant5 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Riana
Names that are said the same way as Riana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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