Girl · Modern · Hindu
Riya
रियाSay it REE-yaa
- Meaning today
- Singer, graceful
- In the dictionaries
- Not in the classical dictionaries; most likely a modern name
- Say it
- REE-yaa
- Written
- रिया
- Other spellings
- Ria, Riyaa
Riya
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Riya meaning
Riya (रिया) is a Hindu girl's name.
Meaning today
Singer, graceful
In the dictionaries
The name isn't in the classical dictionaries we use, so it is most likely a modern name. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Riya (रिया) is a modern Indian girls' name. Baby-name lists usually give it as "singer" or "graceful", and some as "beauty", but we could not trace these meanings to a dictionary. Monier-Williams and Apte, the standard Sanskrit dictionaries, have no word riyā. The Hindi Śabdasāgara does list a riyā, but it is a loanword from Arabic meaning show or display, and also deceit, so it is very unlikely to be the source of the name. The popular meanings therefore appear to be modern ones that have grown up around the name rather than the sense of an older word. Riya is short, sounds the same in most Indian languages, and is also spelled Ria.
References: Monier-Williams, search for riyā (not found) · Hindī Śabdasāgara, रिया, p. 4179 (DSAL)
Popularity abroad
- #763 England and Wales, girls 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Fits your syllable
First sound रि
Chitra nakshatra, pada 4 · Tula rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is री, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Riya · Ria · Riyaa