Rio name - Meaning of Rio

Rio name - Meaning of Rio

Gender

Masculine & Feminine

Lucky Number

6

Usage

Various, Japanese, Spanish

Pronounced

REE-oh

Rio Meaning

Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "river of January", so named because the first explorers came to the harbour in January and mistakenly thought it was a river mouth. From Japanese (ri) "jasmine" or (ri) "village" combined with (o) "center", (o) "thread" or (ou) "cherry blossom". Rio is a Spanish name, derived from the Spanish word "rio", which means "river".

Rio Celebrities
Rio Ferdinand - soccer player,