This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of any river is or was. Rivers are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in...?".
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Birs |
Birs (German), Birse (French) |
| Bóbr |
Bober (German), Bobr (Czech), Bóbr (Polish) |
| Bosna |
Basana (Latin), Bosna (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene), Vasna (variant name) |
| Brda |
Brahe (German), Brda (Polish) |
| Bug, Southern |
Boh (Czech, Slovak), Bug (German, Polish), Etelä-Bug (Finnish), Hypanis (Greek, Latin), Lõuna-Bug (Estonian), Pivdennyi Buh - Південний Буг (Ukrainian), Yuzhnyi Bug - Южный Буг (Russian) |
| Bug, Western |
Bug (German, Hungarian, Polish), Bug Länsi-Bug (Finnish), Bug, Lääne-Bug (Estonian), - בוג (Yiddish), Buh - Буг (Ukrainian), Zakhodni Bug - Заходні Буг (Belarusian), Zapadnyi Bug - Западный Буг (Russian) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Danube |
Afon Donwy (Welsh), Danubah - דנובה (Hebrew), Danube (French), Danubi (Catalan), Danubio (Italian, Spanish), Danúbio (Portuguese), Danubius / Danuvius or Ister (Latin), Dhúnavis - Δούναβης (Greek), Donava (Slovene), Donau (Indonesian, Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish), Doonau (Estonian), Duna (Hungarian), Dunaj (Czech, Polish, Slovak), Dunăre / Dunărea (Romanian), Dunav - Дунав (Bulgarian, Serbian), Dunav (Croatian), Dunay - Дунай (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian), Tonava (Finnish), Tuna (Turkish) |
| Daugava/Dvina, Western |
Daugava (Latvian), Daugava or Väina (Estonian), Daugava or Väinänjoki (Finnish), Daugava or Västra Dvina (Swedish), Daugava or Westelijke Dwina (Dutch), Duina (Spanish), Düna (German), Dz'vina - Дзьвіна (Belarusian), Dźwina (Polish), Western Dvina (alternative English name), Zapadnaya Dvina - Западная Двина (Russian) |
| Dniepr |
Borysthenes (Latin), Dinyeper (Turkish), Dnepr (Estonian, Finnish), Dnepr - Днепр (Russian), Dnieper (Italian, Portuguese), Dnièper (Catalan), Dniepr (Polish), Dnipro - Днiпро (Ukrainian), Dnjepar (Croatian, Serbian), Dnyapro - Дняпро (Belarusian), Dnyeper (Hungarian), Nipru (Romanian), Dnjeper (Slovene) |
| Dniestr |
Dinyester (Turkish), Dnestr - Днестр (Russian),Dnestr (Estonian, Finnish), Dniester (Italian, Portuguese), Dnièster (Catalan), Dniestr (Polish), Dnistro - Днiпсто (Ukrainian), Dnjestar (Croatian, Serbian), Dnjeszter (Hungarian), Nistru (Romanian), Tyras (Latin), Dnjester (Slovene) |
| Dollart |
Dollard (Dutch), Dollart (German) |
| Don |
Don - Дон (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian), Don (Catalan, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish) |
| Dordogne |
Dordogna (Italian), Dordogne (French, Finnish), Dordoña (Spanish), Dordonha (Portuguese) |
| Doubs |
Doubs (French, Spanish), Dubis (Latin) |
| Douro |
Doure (Catalan), Douro (Mirandese, Portuguese, Finnish, French, Esperanto, Dutch, Galego, Hungarian), Duero (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Durius (Latin) |
| Drave |
Drau (German), Drava (Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene), Dráva (Hungarian), Dravus (Latin), Drawa (Polish) |
| Drina |
Drin / Drini (Albanian), Drina (Catalan, Croatian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene) |
| Drwęca |
Drewenz (German), Drwęca (Polish) |
| Dvina, Northern |
Dvina or Põhja-Dvina (Estonian) Pohjois-Dvina (Finnish), Dvina Settentrionale (Italian), Dwina (Polish), Severnaya Dvina - Северная Двина (Russian) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Ebro |
Ebre (Catalan), Èbre (French), Ebro (Finnish, Italian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish), Iberus (Latin) |
| Eisack-Isarco |
Eisack (German), Isarco (Italian) |
| Elbe |
Albis (Latin), Elba (Catalan, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish), Elbe (German, Finnish, Turkish), Elben (Danish), Elv (Low Saxon), Laba (Serbian, Slovene), Łaba (Polish), Labe (Czech), El'ba - Эльба (Russian) |
| Ems |
Amisia or Amisus (Latin), Eems (Dutch, Low German), Ems (German), Emže (Czech), Ems - Эмс (Russian) |
| Enns |
Anisus (Latin), Enns (German, Hungarian), Enže (Czech) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Garonne |
Garona (Catalan, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish), Garonna (Italian, Polish), Garonne (French, Finnish), Garumna (Latin), Garona - Гарона (Russian) |
| Gironde |
Gironda (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Gironde (French, Finnish), Žironda (Serbian), Żyronda (Polish), Zhironda - Жиронда (Russian) |
| Glâne |
Glâne (French), Glane (German) |
| Guadalquivir |
Baetis (Latin), Guadalquivir (Catalan, Finnish, Italian, Spanish), Gwadalkiwir (Polish), Wādi l-Kabīr (Arabic) |
| Guadiana |
Anas (Latin), Guadiana (Catalan, French, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Gwadiana (Polish) |
| Gurk (Carinthia) |
Gurk (German), Krka (Croatian, Serbian, Slovene) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Lech |
Lech (German), Licca (Latin) |
| Leitha |
Lajta (Hungarian), Leitha (German), Litava (Czech), Litawa (Polish) |
| Ljubljanica |
Ljubljanica (Croatian, Serbian, Slovene), Laibach (German) |
| Loire |
Leira (Occitan), Liger (Latin), Loara (Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene), Loira (Catalan, Italian, Spanish), Loire (Dutch, French, Hungarian, Spanish), Luara - Луара (Russian, Ukrainian) |
| Lot |
Lot (French), Oltis (Latin) |
| Lys |
Leie (Dutch), Lys (French) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Main |
Main (French, German, Romanian, Turkish), Majna (Hungarian, Serbian), Mayn - Майн (Russian, Ukrainian), Men (Polish), Meno (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Moënus (Latin), Mohan (Czech, Slovak) |
| Maritsa |
Évros - Έβρος (Greek), Marica (Hungarian, Polish, Serbian), Meriç (Turkish) |
| Marne |
Måne (Walloon), Marna (Italian, Polish, Romanian), Marne (Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Spanish), Matrona (Latin) |
| Meuse |
Maas (Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Swedish), Meuse (French), Mosa (Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish), Mouze (Walloon), Moza (Polish) |
| Morava (Moravia) |
March (German), Morava (Czech, Estonian, Italian, Romanian, Slovene), Moravia (Latin), Morawa (Polish), Morva (Hungarian) |
| Morava (Serbia) |
Margus (Latin), Morava (Hungarian, Serbian, Romanian, Slovene), Velika Morava (Estonian) |
| Moselle |
Moezel (Dutch), Mosel (German, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish), Mosela (Portuguese, Spanish), Mosella (Italian, Latin), Mosel·la (Catalan), Moselle (French), Mozela (Polish), Mozel' - Мозель (Russian), Musel (Luxembourgish) |
| Mura |
Mur (German), Mura (Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovene) |
| Mureş |
Marisia / Marisus (Latin), Maros (Hungarian), Marusza (Polish), Moriš (Croatian, Serbian), Mureş (Romanian), Mieresch (German) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Narew |
Narau - Нараў (Belarusian), Narew (German, Polish) |
| Narva |
Narva (Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, German), Narva - Нарва (Russian), Narvajoki (Finnish), Narwa (Polish), 나르바 강 (Korean) |
| (Lusatian) Neisse |
Lausitzer Neiße (German), Lužická Nisa (Czech), Łužiska Nysa (Sorbian), Nysa Łużycka (Polish) |
| Neman |
Memel (German), Němen (Czech), Neman - Неман (Russian), Niémen (French), Nemunas (Estonian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian), Niemen (Polish), Njemen (Swedish), Nyoman - Нёман (Belarusian) |
| Neretva |
Narenta (Italian), Naro (Latin), Neretva (Croatian, Slovene), Neretva - Неретва (Serbian). Neretwa (Polish) |
| Neva |
Neeva (Estonian), Neva (Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish), Neva - Нева (Russian), Newa (German, Polish), Néva (Hungarian) |
| Nitra |
Nitra (Slovak), Neutra (German), Nyitra (Hungarian) |
| Noteć |
Natissis (Latin), Netze (German), Noteć (Polish) |
| Nysa Kłodzka |
Glatzer Neiße (German), Kladská Nisa (Czech), Nysa Kłodzka (Polish) |
| Nysa Szalona |
Nysa Szalona (Polish), Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße (German) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Oder |
Oder (French, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish), Òder (Catalan), Odera (Hungarian), Odera or Oddera (medieval Latin), Odra (Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene), Viadua, Viadrua, or Viadrus (ancient Latin) |
| Ohře |
Eger (German), Ohrza (Polish), Ohře (Czech) |
| Olt |
Aluta (Polish), Alutus (Latin), Olt (Hungarian, Romanian), Alt (German) |
| Olza |
Olsa (German), Olše (Czech), Olza (Polish) |
| Orava |
Arva (Latin), Árva (Hungarian), Arwa (German), Orava (Slovak), Orawa (Polish) |
| Ourthe |
Ourte (former French [French Empire]), Ourthe (French), Oûte (Walloon) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Peene |
Peene (German), Piana (Polish) |
| Piave |
Piave (Italian), Piawa (Polish), Plavá (Czech), Plavis (Latin) |
| Po |
Padus or Eridanus (Latin), Pád (Czech), Pad (Polish, Slovene), Po (Catalan, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Turkish), Pó (Hungarian, Portuguese) |
| Pregolya |
Pregel (German, Hungarian), Pregoła (Polish), Pregola (variant in English), Pregolya - Преголя (Russian), Vatrulia (Latin) |
| Pripyat |
Pripjaty (Hungarian), Pripyat' - Припять (Russian), Prypeć (Polish), Pryp'yat' - Прип'ять (Ukrainian), Prypyats' - Прыпяць (Belarusian) |
| Prut |
Prut (Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish), Prut - פּרוט (Yiddish), Pruth (German), Pyretus (Latin) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Rába |
Arabo or Raba (Latin), Raab (German), Rába (Hungarian), Raba (Romanian, Slovene) |
| Rhine |
Rajna (Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian), Rayn - רײַן (Yiddish), Ren (Polish, Slovene, Turkish), Reno (Italian, Portuguese), Reyn - Рейн (Russian, Ukrainian), Reyn - Рэйн (Belarusian), Rhein (German), Rhen (Swedish), Rhenus (Latin), Rhin (French), Rhinen (Danish), Rijn (Dutch), Rin (Catalan, Romanian, Spanish, Walloon), Rýn (Czech, Slovak) |
| Rhône |
Rhodanus (Latin), Rhône (Estonian, Dutch, French), Rhone (German, Hungarian), Rodan (Polish), Rodano (Italian), Ródano (Portuguese, Spanish), Ron (Romanian), Rona - Рона (Serbian, Russian), Rona (Slovene), Rose (Catalan, Occitan), Rotten (old German name, still used in Swiss German dialect of Valais) |
| Rienz-Rienza |
Rienz (German), Rienza (Italian) |
| Rubicon |
Rubicone (Italian), Rubicon (Danish, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish), Rubikon (Czech, German, Polish, Finnish, Slovene), Rubikon - Рубикон (Russian), Rubicó (Catalan), Rubicón (Spanish), Rubicão (Portuguese) |
| Rur |
Roer (Dutch), Roule / Rour (French, Walloon), Rur (German, Romanian) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Saane/Sarine |
Saane (German), Sarine (French) |
| Saale |
Saale (German), Sala (Latin, Polish) |
| Saar |
Saar (Danish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian), Saar - Саар (Russian), Saara (Polish), Saravus (Latin), Sarre (French, Portuguese, Spanish) |
| Sambre |
Sabis (Latin), Sambe (Walloon), Samber (Dutch), Sambra (Polish), Sambre (Catalan, French, German) |
| Saônes |
Arar (Latin), Saona (Catalan, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish), Saône (Estonian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian) |
| Sava |
Sava (Croatian, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish), Save (German, variant in English), Savus (Latin), Sawa (Polish), Száva (Hungarian) |
| Scheldt |
Escalda (Spanish), Escaut (French), Escô (Walloon), Schelda (Italian), Schelde (Dutch, German, Hungarian, Swedish), Skalda (Polish) |
| Seine |
Szajna (Hungarian), Seine (Dutch, French, German), Seinen(Danish), Σηκουάνας (Greek), Sekwana (Polish), Sen (Turkish), Sena (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slovene), Sena - Сена (Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian), Senna (Italian), Sequana or Sequanna (Celtic), Sequana or Sequanus (Latin), Sinne (Walloon) |
| Semois |
Semois (French [Belgium]), Semoy (French [France]), Séisbaach (Luxembourgish) |
| Sense/Singine |
Sense (German), Singine (French) |
| Severn |
(Afon) Hafren (Welsh), Sabrina (Latin) |
| Siret |
Hierasus (Latin), Seret (Polish), Siret (Romanian), Szeret (Hungarian) |
| Soča |
Aesontius / Sontius (Latin), Isonzo (German, Italian), Isonzó (Hungarian), Soča (Slovene) |
| Someş |
Someş (Romanian), Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Somme |
Somma (Polish), Somme (French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish) |
| Spree |
Spree (German), Spréva (Czech), Spreva (Latin), Sprewa / Szprewa (Polish), Sprjewja (Lower Sorbian), Sprowja / Sprewja / Šprewa (Sorbian) |
| Struma |
Karasu (Turkish), Strimónas - Στρυμώνας (Greek), Strouma (French, variant in English), Struma - Струма (Bulgarian, Serbian), Strymon (ancient Greek, Latin, variant in English), Sztruma (Hungarian) |
| Sûre |
Sauer (German, Luxembourgish), Sûre (French), Sura (Latin, Italian) |
| Świna |
Świna (Polish), Swina (Pomeranian), Swine (German) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Tagus |
Taag (Afrikaans, Dutch), Tachas (Lituanian), Tag (Polish), Tage (Catalan, French), Tago (Italian), Tagus (Latin), Tajo (Spanish), Tejo (Portuguese), Texo (Galician), Taho -Тахо (Russian) |
| Thames |
An Tamais (Irish), Tafwys (Welsh), Tamesa (variant in Latin), Tàmesi (Catalan), Tamesis (Latin), Támesis (Spanish), Tamigi (Italian), Tamisa (Portuguese, Romanian), Tamise (French), Tamiza (Polish), Temza (Slovene), Temza - Темза (Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian), Temže (Czech), Temze (Hungarian), Theems (Afrikaans, Dutch), Themse (German), Themsen (Danish, Swedish) |
| Thaya |
Dyje (Czech), Thaya (German) |
| Theiss |
Cisa (Polish), Theiß (German), Tibisco (Italian), Tisa (Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene), Tisia (Latin), Tisza (Dutch, Hungarian) |
| Thielle |
Thielle (French), Zihl (German) |
| Tiber |
Tevere (Italian), Tibar (Serbian), Tiber (Afrikaans, Czech, Dutch, German, Latin, Spanish, Turkish), Tíber (Catalan), Tibera (Slovene), Tibern (Swedish), Tibr - Тибр (Russian), Tibr - Тібр (Ukrainian), Tibre (Portuguese), Tibru (Romanian), Tyber (Polish) |
| Ticino |
Tessin (French, German), Ticino (Italian), Ticinus (Latin) |
| Timiş |
Tamiš (Serbian), Temes {Hungarian), Tibiscus / Tibisis (Latin), Timiş (Romanian) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Váh |
Cusus (variant in Latin), Vág (Hungarian), Vagus (Latin), Váh (Slovak), Waag (German), Wag (Polish) |
| Vardar |
Axiós (Greek), Vardar (Bulgarian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Romanian, Turkish), Vardar or Wardar (German), Wardar (Polish) |
| Venta |
Venta (Latvian, Lithuanian), Windau (German), Windawa (Polish) |
| Vistula |
Vaysl - װײַסל (Yiddish), Visla (Czech, Slovak, Slovene), Visla - Висла (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian), Visla - Вісла (Ukrainian), Vistola (Italian), Vistül (Turkish), Vistula (Latin, Romanian), Vístula (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), Vistule (French), Visztula (Hungarian), Weichsel (German), Wisła (Polish), Wisła or Visla (Estonian) |
| Vltava |
Moldau (German), Moldva (Hungarian), Moldava (Italian, Spanish), Moldavia or Multavia (Latin), Vltava (Czech, Romanian, Slovene), Vltava - Влтава (Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian), Wełtawa (Polish) |
| Volga |
İdil or İtil (former Turkish), Rha (Latin), Volga (Catalan, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slovene, Turkish), Volga - Волга (Russian, Serbian), Volha (Czech), Wolga (German), Wołga (Polish) |
