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, Polish, Slovak), Bug (German), 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), Bug - 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), Danubo (Esperanto), Dhúnavis - Δούναβης (Greek), Istros - Ιστρος (Ancient 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), Vorysthenes - Βορυσθενης and Danapris - Δαναπρης (Greek and Ancient Greek), Dinyeper (Turkish), Dnepr (Estonian, Finnish), Dnepr - Днепр (Russian), Dněpr (Czech), 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), Dněstr (Czech), Dniester (Italian, Portuguese), Dnièster (Catalan), Dniestr (Polish), Dnistro - Днiпсто (Ukrainian), Dnjestar (Croatian, Serbian), Dnjestr (Swedish), Dnjeszter (Hungarian), Nistru (Romanian), Tyras (Latin), Dnjester (Slovene), Dnesteros - Δνειστερος and Thyras - Θυρας (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| 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 (Occitan, Portuguese), Dordonya (Catalan) |
| Doubs |
Doubs (French, Spanish), Dubis (Latin), Dhuvis - Δουβης (Ancient Greek) |
| Douro |
Doure (Catalan), Douro (Mirandese, Portuguese, Finnish, French, Esperanto, Dutch, Galego, Hungarian), Duero (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Durius (Latin), Dhureios - Δουρειος (Ancient Greek) |
| Drave |
Drau (German), Drava (Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene), Dráva (Czech, Hungarian), Dravus (Latin), Drawa (Polish) |
| Drina |
Drin / Drini (Albanian), Drina (Catalan, Croatian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene), Dhrinos - Δρινος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| 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), Hèvros - Εβρος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| Elbe |
Albis (Latin), Elba (Catalan, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish), El'ba - Эльба (Russian), Elbe (German, Finnish, Turkish), Elben (Danish), Elv (Low Saxon), Laba (Serbian, Slovene), Łaba (Polish), Labe (Czech) |
| Ems |
Amisia or Amisus (Latin), Eems (Dutch, Low German), Ems (German), Ems - Эмс (Russian), Emže (Czech), Amisos - Αμισος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| Enns |
Anisus (Latin), Enns (German, Hungarian), Enže (Czech) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Garonne |
Garona (Aranese, Catalan, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish), Garonna (Italian, Polish), Garonne (French, Finnish), Garumna (Latin), Garona - Гарона (Russian) |
| Gironde |
Gironda (Catalan, 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 (Czech, Italian, Polish, Romanian), Marne (Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Spanish), Matrona (Latin) |
| Mesta |
Mesta - Места (Bulgarian), Nestos - Νέστος (Greek) |
| Meuse |
Maas (Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Swedish), Mása (Czech), 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 (Czech, 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), Marisos - Μαρισος (Ancient Greek), 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), Něva (Czech), 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 (Latin), Viadros - Βιαδρος (Ancient Greek) |
| 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), Pàdhos - Παδος and Eridanos - Ηριδανος (Greek and Ancient Greek), 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), Pyretòs - Πυρετος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| English Name |
Other name(s) or older name(s) |
| Rába |
Arabo or Raba (Latin), Raab (German), Rába (Czech, Hungarian), Raba (Romanian, Slovene), Aravos - Αραβος (Ancient Greek) |
| Rhine |
Rajna (Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian), Rayn - רײַן (Yiddish), Ren (Polish, Slovene, Turkish), Reno (Italian, Portuguese), Reyn - Рейн (Bulgarian, 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), Rhinos - Ρηνος (Greek) |
| Rhône |
Rhodanus (Latin), Rhodanòs - Ροδανος (Greek and Ancient Greek), Rhône (Estonian, Dutch, French), Rhone (German, Hungarian), Rodan (Polish), Rodano (Italian), Ródano (Portuguese, Spanish), Roine (Catalan), Ron (Romanian), Rona - Рона (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian), Rona (Slovene), Ròse (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 (Bulgarian, 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), Sála (Czech) |
| Saar |
Saar (Danish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian), Saar - Саар (Russian), Saara (Polish), Saravus (Latin), Sarre (French, Portuguese, Spanish) |
| Sajó |
Sajó (Hungarian), Slaná (Slovak), Salza (German) |
| Sambre |
Sabis (Latin), Saves - Σαβης (Ancient Greek), 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), Sáva (Czech), Save (German, variant in English), Savus (Latin), Sawa (Polish), Száva (Hungarian), Sàvos - Σαβος (Ancient Greek) |
| Scheldt |
Escalda (Spanish), Escaut (French), Escô (Walloon), Schelda (Italian), Schelde (Dutch, German, Hungarian, Swedish), Šelda (Czech), Skalda (Polish) |
| Seine |
Szajna (Hungarian), Seine (Dutch, French, German), Seinen(Danish), Sikouànas - 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), Hierasòs - Ιερασος (Ancient Greek), Seret (Polish), Siret (Romanian), Szeret (Hungarian) |
| Soča |
Aesontius / Sontius (Latin), Aepsòdios - Αιψωντιος (Ancient Greek), Isonzo (German, Italian), Isonzó (Hungarian), Soča (Czech, Slovene) |
| Someş |
Someş (Romanian), Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Someşul Mare |
Someşul Mare (Romanian), Nagy-Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Someşul Mic |
Someşul Mic (Romanian), Kis-Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Somme |
Somma (Polish), Somme (French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish) |
| Spey |
Spè (Scottish Gaelic) |
| 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 (Old Catalan, French), Tago (Italian), Tagus (Latin), Tajo (Spanish), Tejo (Portuguese), Texo (Galician), Taho - Тахо (Russian), Tàghos - Ταγος (Ancient Greek), Dyje (Czech), Thaya (German) |
| Tay |
Tatha (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Thames |
An Tamais (Irish), Tafwys (Welsh), Tamesa (variant in Latin), Tàmesi (Catalan), Tamesis (Latin), Tàmesis - Ταμεσης (Greek), 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) |
| Tisza |
Cisa (Polish), Theiß (German), Tibisco (Italian), Tisa (Czech, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene), Tisia (Latin), Tisza (Dutch, Hungarian) |
| Thielle |
Thielle (French), Zihl (German) |
| Tiber |
Tevere (Italian), Tiveris - Τιβερης (Greek), 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), Thybiscos - Θυμπισκος (Ancient Greek) |
| 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 - Αξιος (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, Swedish), 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), Vòlghas - Βολγας (Greek) |
