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Riley is a given name for males and females, which first appeared as Raghallach, which was originated on a man who died in the Battle of Clontarf. Its source gives its meaning as "valiant".
Though originally a given name, it is more popular and well known as a surname. The surname's first variant is Ó Raghallaigh (Descendent of/Of Raghallach) which was later adapted in English as O'Reilly which itself has been anglicized into "Reilly". The surname "Riley" is an over time translated version of Reilly. It currently is #8 in England and Wales, #9 in Northern Ireland, #15 in Scotland, #30 in Australia and New Zealand, #64 in Canada, #156 in the United States, and #198 in the Netherlands.
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People with first name "Riley"
- Riley Armstrong (disambiguation), multiple people
- Riley P. Bechtel (1952-), American businessman
- Riley A. Bender (1890-1973), American businessman and politician
- Riley Biggs (1900-1971), American football player
- Riley Breckenridge (1975-), American musician
- Riley Brett (1895-1982), American race car driver
- Riley Chamberlin (1852-1917), American silent film actor
- Riley Cooper (1987-) American football player
- Riley Darnell (1940-), American Secretary of State of Tennessee
- Riley Dolezal (born 1985), American javelin thrower
- Riley Keough (born 1989), American actress and model
- Riley B. King (B.B. King) (1925-2015), American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Riley Martin (1946-2015), American author
- Riley Matheson (1914-1987), American football player
- Riley Mattson (1938-), American football player
- Riley Franklin McConnell (1884-1940), American recipient of the Navy Cross
- Riley Nash (1989-), Canadian ice hockey player
- Riley Dobi Noel (1972-2004), American murderer
- Riley O'Neill (1985-), Canadian soccer player
- Riley Odoms (1950-), American football player
- Riley L. Pitts (1937-1967), first African-American to be awarded the Medal of Honor
- Riley Puckett (1894-1946), American musician
- Riley Reid (1991-), American pornographic actress
- Riley Salmon (1976-), American volleyball player
- Riley Skinner (1986-), American college football player
- Riley Smith (born 1978), American actor
- Riley Smith (American football) (1911-1999)
- Riley E. Stratton (1823-1866), American
- Riley Swanson (born 1984), American attorney and judge
- Riley Thomson (1912-1960), American animator
- Riley Voelkel (born 1990), American Canadian actress
- Riley Wallace (born 1941), American basketball coach
- Riley Ware (born 1962), American football player
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Fictional characters
- Riley Biers, a character in the Twilight books
- Riley Daring, character in the Disney show The Replacements
- Riley Dawson, character in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Riley Finn, character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Riley Freeman, character in the animated television series The Boondocks
- Riley Matthews, a character in the Disney show Girl Meets World
- Riley Parker, Australian character on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Riley Poole, character in the National Treasure franchise
- Riley Stavros, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Riley, a stray dog character and leader of a gang in the 1996 sequel Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco.
- Riley Andersen, a character in the Pixar feature film Inside Out
- Riley Perrin, a character in the Freeform (formerly ABC Family) show Baby Daddy
- Rilie R Morgan, Majority leader of the North Dakota Senate
- Riley Blue, a character in Sense8
- Riley Hicks, a character from Fast & Furious 6
- Riley, a K9 German Shepherd from Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Princess Riley Valdor, a character in a real-time adventure game Timecrest
- Riley Stoner, An androgynous side character in the NES game This Fine Group.
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