Riva Family History
Riva Name Meaning
Italian: topographic name for someone who lived by a wharf or landing at a port or seaport or on the bank of a river from riva ‘river bank’ (from Latin ripa). Catalan and Spanish: variant of Riba which has the same origin and meaning as 1 above. French (southern): topographic name of Italian origin (see 1 above) or from dialect riva ‘(river) bank shore’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022