River

River Phoenix is the name of Joaquin Phoenix’s son. In honor of Joaquins older brother, River Phoenix who died back in 1993.

There is a new Netflix show called Virgin River.

River Barkley, a character in the Netflix comedy "The Politician".

There is someone from the show Star vs the Forces of Evil named River.

Country singer Granger Smith has a son, River Kelly. Jeff Goldblum and Emilie Livingston have a son, River Joe. Golfer Dusin Johnson and model Pauline Gretzky have a son, River Jones. Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have a son, Journey River. Chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver have a son, River Rocket. River is a great name for a boy!

River Delfín Canomanuel Viiperi is a Spanish male model. He has been in several advertising campaigns, including those for American Eagle, Bershka, Calvin Klein, Armani Exchange and Versace for H&M.

Another known bearer of this name is the Finno-Spanish model River Viiperi (b. 1991), who is also the ex-boyfriend of the American heiress and socialite Paris Hilton (b. 1981).

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- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Viiperi (in Spanish).

AHEM...
River: What in the name of sanity have you got on your head?
Doctor: It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.
~ From that one Doctor Who episode that I can't remember off the top of my head
Anyway, because of River Song, I can only see this name on a girl.
River was cool.

River is the name of Jep and Jessica's son on Duck Dynasty. It is a beautiful name for a boy.

In addition to the names listed in a comment farther up the thread I can think of several more celebrities who have named their sons River - the actor Thomas Ian Nicholas has a son Nolan River. Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo has a son Rivers and Natasha Henstridge has a son Tristan River. It is indeed a very popular name for celebrities to name their sons.

River is a popular male name among celebrities. Singers Jackie Jackson and Taylor Hanson have son's named River. Actors Sean Harland Murray, Keri Russell, Blackie Chen and Christie Fan, Jeptha Robertson, Megan Gale, and Daniela Ruah have sons named River. Survivor tv show winner Aras Baskauskas' son is River. Also, there is the actor River Shields and model River Viiperi who are male. River was the name of a boy on the old soap One Life to Live. So while it is technically a "unisex" name it seems much more masculine to me.

Kelly Clarkson and her husband Brandon Blackstock have a daughter named River Rose, born on June 12th, 2014.

River is the main character in the book Falling Fast written by Sophie McKenzie.

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(This was the first time I had heard of "River" being used as a name of a person. In the book, River happens to be a female.)

Professor River Song is a character in Doctor Who, episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead". She is a female, even though the name is supposedly masculine.

The actress Keri Russel has a son named River Russell born June 18th 2007.

Taylor Hanson from the band Hanson, has a son named River Samuel, born 9/4/06.

Singer Corey Hart has a daughter named River.

Summer Glau played a charachter in the show Firefly called River Tam. :D.

Rivers Cuomu is the lead singer of Weezer's name.

River Phoenix was a young talented actor who threw away his life on drugs. He was known for his work in the movies "My Own Private Idaho" and "Stand by me." He died in 1993.

One of my favorite actors was named this. River Phoenix played in "Explorers" and "Stand by me." He died from heart failure due to drugs in 1993. He was 23 years old.