Riina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Рийна in RU Russia and Рііна in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Riina is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Japanese given name455 records spelled Riina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, Finland, Estonia, United States

  Also written Rîina

• Portuguese given name326 records spelled Riina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States

  Also written Riįnã

• Hindi given name231 records spelled Riina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, Estonia, United States

  Also written Rîînã

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Riina is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Finnish, a female given name, short for Katariina (“Catherine”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, var. siciliana de Regina

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Regina

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In English, A surname from Sicilian.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Riina Valgmaab. 1952EEEstonian badminton player (born 1952)
• Riina Heinb. 1955EEEstonian film producer and actress (born 1955)
• Riina Sildosb. 1964EEEstonian film producer (born 1964)
• Riina Katajavuorib. 1968FIFinnish poet and writer
• Riina Solmanb. 1972EEEstonian politician (born 1972)
• Riina Toyab. 1973JPJapanese historian (1973-)
• Riina Põldroosb. 1976EEEstonian fashion designer (born 1976)
• Riina Maidreb. 1982EEEstonian actress and teacher (born 1982)
• Riina Sikkutb. 1983EEEstonian politician (born 1983)
• Riina KangasFIFinnish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 52 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Riina?

We estimate roughly 5.9 thousand people bear Riina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Riina have the most bearers?

Riina is most frequently recorded in Estonia, where it is most often spelled riina.

How common is Riina compared with other names?

In Estonia, Riina is the 62nd most common given name of 14,570 given names recorded there.

Is Riina a male or female name?

Riina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Riina mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name derived from Katariina (“Catherine”)