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Meaning of the nameRianna

Rianna is a spelling of the name Riana.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,010 people named Rianna, the 8,230th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 9, and the largest group was born in the 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Rianna is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,010
Rank in Brazil
#8,230
Median age
9 years
2010 Census
221
people

Rianna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rianna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (681 people).

1,005 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rianna is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rianna in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.001%
  2. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1480.001%
São Paulo1180.000%
Maranhão930.001%
Ceará840.001%
Pará780.001%
Rio de Janeiro670.000%
Amazonas640.002%
Pernambuco560.001%
Minas Gerais510.000%
Rio Grande do Sul310.000%
Paraná250.000%
Piauí250.001%
Paraíba240.001%
Rio Grande do Norte240.001%
Goiás170.000%
Espírito Santo170.000%
Sergipe160.001%
Santa Catarina150.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Rianna

It keeps the initial RI and doubles the N.

About the name Riana

The origin of the spelling Riana is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Rhiana, Rihana, Rihanna, Rianna, Ryana and Ryanna among the spelling variants of Riana. Among them, Wiktionary gives the spelling Rihanna as a female name of Arabic origin, from rayḥāna. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,622 people named Riana, with a median age of 9; proportionally, it is most common in Acre. The largest group was born in the 2010s, and the name is almost always female.

Other spellings of Riana

SpellingPeople (2022)
Riana8,622
Rihanna2,811
Ryana2,330
Ryanna1,346
Rihana1,310
Rhiana1,062
Rianna1,010

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Riana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rianna

What does the name Rianna mean?

The meaning of Rianna is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Rianna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,010 people with the first name Rianna, which ranks it number 8,230 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Rianna a boy's or a girl's name?

Rianna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,005 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Rianna most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Rianna (148 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rianna?

Riana, Rihanna, Ryana, Ryanna, Rihana and Rhiana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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