Rio
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Rio Origin and Meaning
The name Rio is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "river".
Rio is a reductive ranchero place-name with an attractive Tex-Mex lilt. No Doubt's Tom Dumont has a son named Rio Atticus.
Also a South American place name, and associated with the Rio Grande, it's been used as a swaggering cowboy name in films spanning from a William S. Hart character in 1915 to Marlon Brando's in One-Eyed Jacks. It is occasionally used for a girl, as in the catchy Duran Duran song.
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# 572 in the US
Rio Rank in US Top 1000
# 630 on Nameberry
Rio Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Rio Popularity
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Famous People Named Rio
- Rio Gavin FerdinandEnglish footballer
- Rio Joseph Grillo (b. 2008)son of Wendy Moniz & Frank Grillo
- Rio Atticus Dumont (b. 2008)son of musician Tom Dumont
- Rocco Rio Reynolds (b. 2010)son of Jillian Barberie
- Rionickname of actor River Phoenix
- Rio Lopes (b. 2020)son of Portuguese football player Eder Lopes and Belgium model Sanna Lopes (Ladera)
Rio in Pop Culture
- Rio de Janeirocity in Brazil
- Riopseudonym of Anibal Cortes, one of the main characters in series “Money Heist”
- RioJerrica/Jem's boyfriend on animated series "Jem & the Holograms"
- Rio2011 animated film about parrots set in Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Wellardcharacter in book/TV series 'The Story of Tracy Beaker'
- RioPortuguese word for "River"
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