Riley

Proper noun

Riley (countable and uncountable, plural Rileys)

1. (countable) A surname.
   • Ibarra also deprived Riley of oxygen long enough to cause wounds and “intended to kill her,” Ross said.2024 November 20, Eric Levenson, Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, “November 20, 2024 - Judge sentences Laken Riley’s murderer to life in prison”, in CNN
   1. A surname from Irish of Irish origin, a variant of Reilly.
   2. An English habitational surname from Old English, from Ryley in Lancashire (see Etymology above).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
   • Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our...2025 September 6, Jonathan Turley, “Tim Kaine’s Constitutional blasphemy”, in The Hill
3. A female given name from surname, of 1990s and later usage.
   • Jason and Molly Mesnick, who met on "The Bachelor" in 2009 and wed in a televised special in 2010, welcomed a daughter, Riley Anne, on Thursday, People magazine reports.2013 March 15, Gael Fashingbauer COOPER, “Report: 'Bachelor' couple welcomes baby girl Riley”, in Today.com
   • Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.2024 June 16, Wendy Ide, “Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
4. A town in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
5. A town in Center Township, Hancock County, Indiana, United States.
6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Riley Township.
7. A crater in Niobe Planitia, Venus.
8. A manufacturer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.