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Updated August 7, 2024

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Spanish : A river
  • English : River; by the riverbank
  • Spanish : A river; the Rio Grande

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Rio

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish (Río), Portuguese, and Italian : from río ‘river’, ‘brook’ (from Latin rivus), applied either as a topographic name or as a habitational name from a place named with this word.
  • Southern French (Occitan) : variant of Rioux.

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