MEANING & HISTORY
What does Rio mean?
Priberam defines exact rio as a natural watercourse and traces it through Vulgar Latin rius to Latin rivus. Nordic Names independently considers this river word a probable source of the given name.
That proposed naming connection is qualified; Japanese homographs would require their own script and cannot be read from the Philippine Latin letters.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Latin
Dictionary accounts by language
English
A male given name.
A female given name.
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
Similar names to Rio
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
Names in this collection
- Ria♀Familiar form of Maria
- Ric♂Richard familiar form; other -ric shortenings
- Rico♂Short form of Ricardo, Enrico and related names
- Rino♂Short form of names ending in -rino
- Cerio♂Short form of Glicerio
- Dario♂Possessing goodness, through Darius
- Lirio·As a Spanish word: an iris-like flowering plant
- Mario♂Italian and Spanish form of Roman Marius
Explore Rio further
Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
RIO
· CSV row 15,848 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Rio (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Rio (opens in a new tab)
- Dicionário Priberam: rio (opens in a new tab)
- Nordic Names: Rio (opens in a new tab)