Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 里音亜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. ṘEE-NE-AH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 里 (ri) meaning "village", 音 (ne) meaning "sound" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible. Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Linnéa or Linnaea.