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 Dipika (born 1998), Happy soul! Bangladeshi
 * 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