Ria (given name)

Ria is a feminine given name. In the West, it is often a short form of Maria. Ria is also an Indonesian name meaning joy or hilarity. People with the name include:

• Ria Ahlers (born 1954), Dutch high jumper
• Ria Antoniou (born 1988), Greek beauty pageant winner
• Ria Atayde (born 1992), Filipina actress
• Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), New Zealand sculptor
• Ria Baran (1922–1986), West German figure skater
• Ria Bartok, stage name of Marie-Louise Pleiss (1943–1970), French pop singer
• Ria Beckers (1938–2006), Dutch GreenLeft politician
• Ria Bond (born 1976), New Zealand politician
• Ria Brieffies (1957–2009), Dutch singer
• Ria Carlo (born 1974), Trinidad-born American pianist, mathematician and model
• Ria Cheruvu (born c. 2003), American child prodigy
• Ria Cortesio (born 1976), American baseball umpire
• Ria Ginster (1898–1985), German soprano
• Ria Hall (born c. 1982), New Zealand recording artist and presenter
• Ria van der Horst (born 1932), Dutch swimmer
• Ria Irawan (1969–2020), Indonesian actress and singer
• Ria Jende (1898–1927), Belgian-born German film actress
• Ria Kataja (born 1975), Finnish actress
• Ria Keburia, Georgian fashion designer
• Ria Lina (born 1980), British comedian, actress, and writer
• Ria Mae, (born 1991) Ria MacNutt, Canadian singer and songwriter
• Ria Meyburg (born 1939), Dutch artistic gymnast
• Ria Mooney (1904–1973), Irish actress, theater director, and acting teacher
• Ria Öling (born 1994), Finnish footballer
• Ria Oomen-Ruijten (born 1950), Dutch CDA politician and MEP
• Ria Percival (born 1989), New Zealand footballer
• Ria Persad (born 1974), Trinidad and Tobago-born American mathematician and a classical musician
• Ria Ramnarine (born 1978), Trinidadian boxer
• Ria Ritchie (born 1987), English singer-songwriter
• Ria Sabay (born 1985), German tennis player
• Ria Schiffner (born 1996), German ice dancer
• Ria Schwendinger (born 1998), German ice dancer
• Ria Sharma (born 1992), Indian social activist
• Ria Stalman (born 1951), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
• Ria van Stipdonk (born 1949), Dutch slalom canoeist
• Ria Thiele (1904–1996), German actress, dancer and choreographer
• Ria Thielsch (born 1951), New Guinea-born Dutch singer and model
• Ria Tobing (1938–2017), Indonesian swimmer
• Ria Valk (born 1941), Dutch singer
• Ria van Dyke (born 1989), New Zealand model and beauty pageant winner
• Ria Van Landeghem (born 1957), Belgian long-distance runner
• Ria Vandervis (born 1984), New Zealand actress
• Ria Vedder-Wubben (1951–2016), Dutch CDA politician
• Ria van Veen (1923–1995), Dutch swimmer
• Ria van Velsen (born 1939), Dutch artistic gymnast
• Ria van Velsen (born 1943), Dutch swimmer
• Ria Visser (born 1961), Dutch speed skater
• Ria Wägner (1914–1999), Swedish journalist, author, translator, and television producer,
• Ria Wolmarans (1950–1996), Botswana murder victim