77%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 莉央, 莉緒, 里桜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りお(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. REE-O [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 央 (o) meaning "center", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are also possible. Related Names Same SpellingRio 1User SubmissionRíó PopularityDetails Last ranked #222 in 2020 (m) #478 in 1997 (f) England and Wales Last ranked #672 in 2021 United States People think this name isRate·Details modern youthful informal natural strong refined strange simple Categories Assassination Classroom characters, colors, flowers, Idolmaster characters, Megami Tensei characters, nature, pink, plants, The Kindaichi Case Files characters, top 10 in Japan, top 10 in Japan - 2020s, uncommon late Edo Period names, white