RIVER  

Gender: M
Origin: Nature name

Popularity in 2008: #461

One of the first famous nature names, via the late actor River Phoenix, and still slightly muddied by his unfortunate fate. Actress Keri Russell recently used it for her son, as did Taylor Hanson .

Variations:
Riviera, Rivor, Rivers

River is being discussed in our message boards:

• Build a Celeb Name TOGETHER
• 'Pick of the Day' names...
• new game buuild a family together
• narrowing my list...need help
• honoring an old fashioned name

Read Nameberry blog posts about River:

• WORD NAMES FOR BABIES: What's in a word?
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• SOAP OPERA NAMES
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• SUMMER BABY NAMES