Riviera
A girls’ name of Italian origin, meaning coastline or shore.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Riviera by the numbers
Riviera was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Riviera. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Riviera
Names that are said the same way as Riviera, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- River-Rae20 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Riviera, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Riviera
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