Rivera

Spellings & scripts●

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 in 1 language 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◐

Rivera is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname2.7M records spelled Rivera63 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Riverä, Rïvërä, Rívera, Rivera', Rívérá

• a separate surname486K records spelled Rivera6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Ri-Vera, Rivéra, Riverá, Rívera

• Catalan surname91K records spelled Rivera13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Rivéra, Řĭvĕŕą, Rívera, Rïvêřâ, Rïvërą

• Russian surname7.1K records spelled Rivera19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Ривера, Рівера, Ryvera, Ривьера, Rîvêrâ

• Croatian surname4.7K records spelled Rivera13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Ривера, Rïvërä, Rìvera, Riverà, Řĭvĕŕą

• Finnish surname4.1K records spelled Rivera5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, Spain

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Rîverá, Rïvërä, Rivërä

67 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●

Rivera is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, stream

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

• In Spanish, Ciudad de Mexico, Livorno, Newport, New York; ribeirinho; riverain

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In English, Chita, US actress, singer; Geraldo,

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Italian, variante regional de Riviera

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, US TV interviewer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fructuoso Riverab. 1784UYpresident of Uruguay (1784-1854)
• Diego Riverab. 1886MXMexican muralist (1886–1957)
• Gianni Riverab. 1943ITItalian footballer and politician
• Geraldo Riverab. 1943USAmerican attorney, journalist and talk show host
• Luis Guillermo Solísb. 1958CRnot in their usual nameCosta Rican 47th president
• Emilio Riverab. 1961USAmerican actor (born 1961)
• Don Omarb. 1978USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican rapper and actor (born 1978)
• Naya Riverab. 1987USAmerican actress and singer (1987–2020)
• Zuleyka Rivera Mendozab. 1987USPuerto Rican model actor
• Danna Paolab. 1995MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer, actress, composer and model

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 · 208 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rivera?

We estimate roughly 818 thousand people bear Rivera (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Rivera have the most bearers?

Rivera is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled rivera.

How common is Rivera compared with other names?

In Mexico, Rivera is the 30th most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Rivera mean?

Recorded meaning: person from Rivera; place-name meaning “place on the banks of a river”