Ria 리아

Ria is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 리아. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,806 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Ria, Ri-a. They are all 리아.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 리 (starts with ㄹ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility
  • 아 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Ria

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

리43 characters can be used

  • 李plum오얏 리(이)
  • 理govern다스릴 리(이)
  • 利sharp, keen날카로울 리(이)
  • 離leave, separate떠날 리(이)
  • 裏inside속 리(이)
  • 履tread, shoe밟을 리(이)/신 리(이)
  • 里village, inside마을 리(이)/속 리(이)
  • 离leave, goblin떠날 리(이)/도깨비 리(이)

아42 characters can be used

  • 我I, me나 아
  • 雅clear, correct맑을 아/바를 아
  • 娥pretty예쁠 아
  • 兒child아이 아
  • 亞second, next버금 아
  • 阿hill언덕 아
  • 妸beautiful아름다울 아
  • 牙molar, government office어금니 아/관아 아

Names sharing a syllable

Ria belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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