Rionagh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-na
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Rionagh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “queenly”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Rionagh mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Rioghnach
“queenly”
An anglicised form of Irish Rioghnach, from rioghan, 'queen'.
Is Rionagh a girl's or a boy's name?
Rionagh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rionagh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Rionagh, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Rionagh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 259th in Northern Ireland.
Rionagh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
Names like Rionagh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Raegan, Aoibheann, Clodagh, Eireann, Caragh, Eden, Rowan, Cassidy, Rioghnach, Teagan, Caoimhe
Other spellings of Rionagh
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
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, “Rionagh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rionagh, updated 20 October 2026.