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Rio for a girl?

29 replies

shuz1980 · 05/09/2021 11:54

I really like unisex names. And im swaying towards Rio for my baby girl. Wanted to hear people's opinions please? Or any other unisex name suggestions please 😊

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IceLace100 · 05/09/2021 12:01

Argh this is going to be mean....

But...

It kinda sounds like a stripper name. Sorry!

luannlele · 05/09/2021 12:06

I've only known 2 boys called Rio. Maybe change the spelling to Rheo?
Unisex names (the feminine way)
Jamie
Teri
Toni
Jay
Sammie
Nicki
Dylan
Jessie
Ashleigh
Daryl
Emmanuelle
Milan
Leigh
Landon
Peyton
Jude

DevilFinger · 05/09/2021 12:15

As in Dances on the sand or Ferdinand? Nope.

toastofthetown · 05/09/2021 12:21

In 2019 there were 230 boy Rios born but only 8 for a girl. In the mid 90s Rio was used for girls more than boys, but it's risen for boys and dropped in popularity for girls. Maybe as the Duran Duran song faded from public consciousness. Personally it fails my 'would I like this to be my name?' test, but that is personal.

campion · 05/09/2021 12:29

I would assume Rio - boy, Ria - girl.

Chachachawoo · 05/09/2021 13:06

Don't like Rio. Really dislike Ria reminds me of diarrhea

CloseYourEyesAndSee · 05/09/2021 13:07

Rheo Grin
I think it's ok for a girl actually. Has a kind of Juno, hero vibe.

Givemethatknife · 05/09/2021 13:08

@IceLace100

Argh this is going to be mean....

But...

It kinda sounds like a stripper name. Sorry!

Yep. Downmarket for either boy or girl.

Ferdinand or Fernanda are nice names. Or Cleo or Leo.

Happy36 · 05/09/2021 13:09

Her name is Río...

Joystir59 · 05/09/2021 13:12

Rio sounds good time girl to me.

Evvyjb · 05/09/2021 13:14

And she dances on the sand?

As a teacher, that is ALL I would be thinking, ALL of the time

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 05/09/2021 13:15

All I'm seeing is Simon Le Bon hanging on to a yacht in a white suit.

Elisemum · 05/09/2021 18:58

I kind of like it. Just not Ria as she could be called diarrhoea unfortunately. I know a girl that named her daughter Grey which at the beginning I found ridiculous but now I’m used to it

GreyhoundG1rl · 05/09/2021 19:01

I really like unisex names. And im swaying towards Rio for my baby girl
Rio isn't unisex...

Meredusoleil · 05/09/2021 19:03

I know a girl called Rio. But I do prefer it for a boy!

user1493494961 · 05/09/2021 20:04

I'd sway towards something else.

Mumtotwofurbabies · 05/09/2021 20:07

Frankie is a nice unisex name

Frazzled2207 · 05/09/2021 20:08

She def dances on the sand

GreyhoundG1rl · 05/09/2021 20:12

@Mumtotwofurbabies

Frankie is a nice unisex name
No, it' not nice.
TheVolturi · 05/09/2021 20:23

Ahhh no! Rio will always be the hot gangster from Good Girls to me!

Seanchailleach · 05/09/2021 22:18

The o ending makes it masculine. If you have a language where girls' names end in o, okay, otherwise, it is like calling your daughter James or Lucas. Or Antonio, Alessio etc.

Ria would be okay. But probably not what you have in mind. Rowan? Aurora?
I think Yarrow would be a good name for either boy or girl. It's a wildflower, small, pretty and tough. Hth

MaverickDanger · 05/09/2021 22:24

I had a friend at school called Reo, short for Rhiannon.

IVflytrap · 05/09/2021 22:58

I really like it, but I'm quite fond of short names ending in o at the moment.

The o ending makes it masculine. If you have a language where girls' names end in o, okay, otherwise, it is like calling your daughter James or Lucas. Or Antonio, Alessio etc.

In Spanish at least, that's not always the case. Both Consuelo (which means solace) and Rosario (rosary) are common girls' names, while also being masculine common nouns. A given name deriving from a common noun doesn't have to match its linguistic gender to the person. Rio means river and is masculine gender but that in itself wouldn't necessarily preclude it being given as a name to girls. (I think it's simply that it's not traditionally used as a name in Spanish for girls or boys).

liveforsummer · 06/09/2021 06:52

@Evvyjb

And she dances on the sand?

As a teacher, that is ALL I would be thinking, ALL of the time

Yes I now have this song playing round in my head after reading the OP 😆
Westfacing · 06/09/2021 06:59

A young female Rio in cabbage van once delivered the Ocado order - she was lovely, but I was expecting a male.