Rie

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Japanese: Rōmaji transcription of りえ

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɹiː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 50th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 613(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 263K
  • DKDenmark1 in 4.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈200,000 people, est.

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 613 (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a diminutive of the female given name Marie

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Rie is read(measured from records)

Rie is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Japanese81%

    Rōmaji transcription of りえ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English9.2%

    Obsolete form of rye.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#50≈200,000 est.≈1 in 613—Rie142
CN China—≈3,100 est.≈1 in 447K—Rie10
DK Denmark—1,4391 in 4.1K1.4K——
US United States—1,2641 in 263K1.2KRie161
MY Malaysia—≈520 est.≈1 in 63K—Rie13
HK Hong Kong—≈100 est.≈1 in 70K—Rie7
SG Singapore—≈92 est.≈1 in 68K—Rie21

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rie is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Rié, Ríe, Rîe, Ríê, ́rie

  • Danish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Sweden, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Řie

  • French given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Rié, Rïe, Rîe, Rië, Ŕie

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Riê, Řie

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Rïë

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rié

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rie is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Danish, a diminutive of the female given name Marie

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ‘Valued blessing’.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In cdo, the drip of a water clock at night the night hours. W AGA KX ignorant presumption

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, dangerous, (hiéng') dangerous, perilous, full of risk, as in placing things

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Rie Mastenbroek, b. 1919Rie Kitahara, b. 1958Rie Takada, b. 1970Rie Miyazawa, b. 1973Rie Rasmussen, b. 1976Rie Tomosaka, b. 1979Rie Tanaka, b. 1979Rie Kitahara, b. 1991Rie Takahashi, b. 1994Rie Kaneko, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalこんにちは、RieさんHi Rie, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Rie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—1.4K#315
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.2K#10,507
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202017#10,507
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20205—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Rie come from?
a diminutive of the female given name Marie Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Rie mean?
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of りえ
How do you pronounce Rie?
A machine transcription gives /ɹiː/ (IPA) for Japanese.
Is Rie a male or female name?
Rie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Rie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 205 thousand people named Rie in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rie.
How common is the name Rie?
In Denmark, the national register counted 1,439 people named Rie, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
How common is Rie compared with other names?
In Japan, Rie is the 50th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rie” — the 50th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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