Rio
WaterUsed for girls and boys
- Literal meaning
- apparently from Spanish río, 'river', perhaps by way of Rio de Janeiro Likely
- Origin
- Spanish or Portuguese word
- Element: Water
meaning: river
BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.
Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.
- Popularity
US 2025: #1877 (girls), #532 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1362 (girls), #166 (boys)
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Names with a similar meaning
The same meaning in Chinese
- 河 hé river
- 江 jiāng river
- 沂 yí Yi river
- 淇 qí Qi River
- 沅 yuán Yuan River (Hunan)
- 淞 sōng Song River
Source: Unicode Unihan