Rioghnach
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-nukh
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Rioghnach is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “queenly”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies).
What does Rioghnach mean?
Irish: old Irish name from ríoghan 'queen'
“queenly”
An old Irish name from ríoghan, 'queen'; the modern short form is Ríona.
Is Rioghnach a girl's or a boy's name?
Rioghnach is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rioghnach in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Rioghnach, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rioghnach in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 146th in Northern Ireland.
Rioghnach in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
Nicknames for Rioghnach
- Riona 28 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Rioghnach
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Raegan, Aoibheann, Rowan, Eden, Eireann, Clodagh, Orla, Cassidy, Kiara, Aoife, Caragh
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rioghnach: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rioghnach, updated 20 October 2026.