List of alternative names for European rivers

Most rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some rivers have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major European rivers. It also includes some lesser rivers that are important because of their location or history.

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..."?.

A

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Aar at Berne

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Aar	Aar (French), Aare (German)
Adige	Adige (Italian), Adigio (Spanish), Adyga (Polish), Atesis (Latin), Etsch (German)
Albula	Albula (German), Alvra (Romansh)

B

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Bosna	Basana (Latin), Bosna (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Vasna (variant name)
Brda	Brahe (German), Brda (Polish)

C

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Cetina	Cetina (Croatian, Italian)
Charente	Charanta (Occitan), Charenta (Spanish), Charente (French)

D

Douro at Porto

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Danube	Afon Donwy (Welsh), Danube (French), Danubio (Italian), Danúbio (Portuguese), Danubius or Ister (Latin), Donau (Bahasa Indonesia, Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish), Duna (Hungarian), Dunaj (Czech, Polish, Slovak), Dunăre / Dunărea (Romanian), Dunav - Дунав (Bulgarian, Serbian), Dunav (Croatian), Dunay (Ukrainian)
Don	Don - Дон (Bulgarian, Russian), Don (Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish)
Dordogne	Dordogna (Italian), Dordogne (French), Dordoña (Spanish)
Doubs	Doubs (French, Spanish), Dubis (Latin)
Douro	Douro (Portuguese), Duero (Italian, Spanish), Durius (Latin)
Drave	Drau (German), Drava (Croatian, Italian, Slovene), Dráva (Hungarian), Drawa (Polish)
Drina	Drin / Drini (Albanian), Drina (Croatian, German, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene)

E

Ebro at Zaragoza

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Ebro	Ebre (Catalan), Èbre (French), Ebro (Italian, German, Spanish), Iberus (Latin)
Eisack	Eisack (German), Isarco (Italian)
Elbe	Albis (Latin), Elba (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Elbe (German), Łaba (Polish), Labe (Czech)
Ems	Eems (Dutch), Ems (German), Emže (Czech)
Enns	Enns (German), Enže (Czech)

F

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Fella	Fella (German, Hungarian, Italian), Bělá (Czech)

G

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Garonne	Garona (Spanish), Garonna (Italian, Polish), Garonne (French), Garumna (Latin)
Gironde	Gironda (Italian, Spanish), Gironde (French)
Glâne	Glâne (French), Glane (German)
Gurk	Gurk (German), Krka (Slovene)

I

Inn at Innsbruck

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Inn	En (Romansh), Inn (German)

K

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Krka (Dalmatia)	Cherca (Italian), Korkoras (Latin), Krka (Croatian)

L

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Leitha	Lajta (Hungarian), Leitha (German), Litava (Czech)
Loire	Leira (Occitan), Liger (Latin), Loara (Polish), Loira (Italian, Spanish), Loire (Dutch, French, Spanish)
Lys	Leie (Dutch), Lys (French)

M

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Main	Main (French, German), Men (Polish), Meno (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Mohan (Czech, Slovak)
Marne	Marna (Italian, Polish), Marne (Dutch, French, German, Spanish), Matrona (Latin)
Meuse	Maas (Dutch, German, Swedish), Meuse (Danish, French), Mosa (Italian, Latin, Spanish), Mouze (Walloon), Moza (Polish)
Moselle	Moezel (Dutch), Mosel (German), Mosela (Spanish), Mosella (Italian, Latin), Moselle (French), Mozela (Polish)
Mura	Mur (German), Mura (Croatian, Slovene)
Mureş	Maros (Hungarian), Marusza (Polish), Mureş (Romanian)

N

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Neman	Memel (German), Němen (Czech), Nemunas (Lithuanian), Niemen (Polish), Njemen (Swedish), Nyoman - Нёман (Belarusian)
Neretva	Narenta (Italian), Neretva (Croatian), Neretva - Неретва (Serbian)

O

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Oder	Oder (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Odera or Oddera (medieval Latin), Odra (Czech, Estonian, Polish, Slovak), Viadua, Viadrua or Viadrus (ancient Latin)

P

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Po	Padus or Eridanus (Latin), Pád (Czech), Pad (Polish), Po (Italian, Spanish), Pó (Portuguese)
Piave	Piave (Italian), Plavá (Czech)

R

Rhine

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Rhine	Rajna (Hungarian), Ren (Polish), Reno (Italian), Rhein (German), Rhenus (Latin), Rhin (French), Rijn (Dutch), Rin (Spanish), Rýn (Czech, Slovak)
Rhône	Rhodanus (Latin), Rhône (Estonian, Dutch, French), Rhone (German), Rodan (Polish), Rodano (Italian), Ródano (Spanish), Rose (Occitan), Rotten (old German name, still used in Swiss German dialect of Valais)
Rienz	Rienz (German), Rienza (Italian)

S

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Saane/Sarine	Saane (German), Sarine (French)
Saar	Saar (Danish, German, Italian, Romanian), Saara (Polish), Sarre (French, Portuguese, Spanish)
Sambre	Sambe (Walloon), Samber (Dutch), Sambra (Polish), Sambre (French, German)
Saône	Saona (Italian, Spanish), Saône (Estonian, Dutch, French, German)
Sava	Sava (Croatian, Italian, Slovene), Save (German, variant in English), Sawa (Polish), Száva (Hungarian)
Scheldt	Escalda (Spanish), Escaut (French), Escô (Walloon), Schelda (Italian), Schelde (Dutch, German, Swedish), Skalda (Polish)
Seine	Seine (Dutch, French, German), Seinen (Danish), Sekwana (Polish), Sena (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish), Senna (Italian), Sequana or Sequanna (Celtic), Sequana or Sequanus (Latin)
Sense/Singine	Sense (German), Singine (French)
Soča	Isonzo (Italian), Soča (Slovene)
Somme	Somma (Polish), Somme (French, German, Swedish)
Spree	Spree (German), Spréva (Czech), Szprewa (Polish)

T

Tiber in Rome

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Tagus	Tag (Polish), Tago (Italian), Tagus (Latin), Tajo (Spanish), Tejo (Portuguese)
Thames	Támesis (Spanish), Tamigi (Italian), Tamiza (Polish), Temže (Czech), Themse (German)
Theiss	Cisa (Polish), Theiß (German), Tibisco (Italian), Tisa (Romanian, Serbian, Slovak), Tisza (Dutch, Hungarian)
Tiber	Tevere (Italian), Tiber (Czech, German, Latin, Spanish), Tyber (Polish)
Ticino	Tessin (French, German), Ticino (Italian), Ticinus (Latin)
Thielle	Thielle (French), Zihl (German)

V

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Vistula	Visla (Estonian), Vistola (Italian), Vistula (Latin), Vístula (Spanish), Weichsel (German), Wisła (Polish)
Vltava	Moldau (German), Vltava (Czech), Wełtawa (Polish)
Volga	Volga (Italian, Spanish), Volga - Волга (Russian), Volha (Czech), Wolga (German), Wołga (Polish)

W

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Weser	Visurgis (Latin), Weser (German), Wezera (Polish)

Y

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Yser	IJzer (Dutch), Yser (French)

Z

English Name	Other name(s) or older name(s)
Zrmanja	Zermagna (Italian), Zrmanja (Croatian)

See also

• List of rivers of Europe
• Latin names of European rivers
• List of alternative country names
• List of country names in various languages
• List of European regions with alternative names
• List of European cities with alternative names
• Latin names of European cities
• List of places