Given name
Riona
“a queenly woman”
Riona is used as a given name. One Irish interpretation is “a queenly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a queenly woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Riona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 594
- 0 boys · 594 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,963 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,963 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 495 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Riona’s family of names
Riona has a related form in Rionna. Riona has a related form in Rioghnach. Riona has a related form in Rionach.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Riona
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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