Baby Names Meaning River

River-names are having a moment, but they are not new. Rivers have always been named and named after, because every culture tied its stories to a particular stretch of water. This hub collects names whose root meaning is river or flowing.

River itself is English word-as-name. Jordan (from the Hebrew river), Shannon (Irish river goddess), Ganga (Sanskrit for the Ganges, personified as a goddess), and Rio (Spanish, 'river') all sit here. Many place-name-as-given-name picks for modern parents are river-names in disguise.