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Globally, Riff (Rifo , Riff , Riffe ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very seldom female given name. The given name Riff is habitual in Indonesia, where it is a rare principally male, but scarcely female name, Morocco, where it is a rare boy's name, and Sweden. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, Morocco, and India. More prevalently, Riff is the last name as well as the forename.
Riff is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Riff Raff , the character from The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Riff , the Dinosaur from the television series Barney and his friends., Barney & Friends and Riff Raff , the musical character in the musical The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien.