Rihanna and A$AP Rocky reportedly began dating in November 2020 after a decade-long friendship. Before her relationship with Rocky, she ended a three-year romance with Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel. In May 2022, she and Rocky welcomed their first child, RZA Athelston. Her second child, Riot Rose Mayers, was born in August 2023.
Her children’s names have often received hate from some fans and Rihanna retorted back with sassy responses. Rihanna shared that she and Rocky have plans to expand their family and expressed her desire to have a baby girl after having two boys.
Rihanna’s first child RZA Athelston Mayers — What does the name mean?
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky started their relationship in 2020 with no active plans of starting a family. That was until Riri became pregnant with their first child. The couple welcomed RZA Athelston Mayers in May 2022. Nine months later, she posed with little RZA and Rocky for the cover of British Vogue.
In an interview with the outlet, Rihanna spoke about motherhood, sharing, “It’s everything. You really don’t remember life before, that’s the craziest thing ever.” She also shared that the birth of RZA brought her and Rocky closer to each other. She shared, “Everything changes when you have a baby but I wouldn’t say it’s done anything but made us closer.”
RZA was named after American rapper RZA, real name Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. They made the name public only after a year (via PEOPLE). RZA’s second name comes from Rocky’s real name, Rakim Athelston Mayers. Before the baby’s name was revealed, Rihanna was seen wearing Wu-Tang Clan memorabilia in pictures with RZA (via Hollywood Life).
The name RZA is also connected to the Supreme Alphabet, a system of interpreting text that is associated with the Five Percent nation. In Supreme Alphabet, RZA translates to “Ruler, Knowledge-Wisdom-Understanding, Allah” (via Complex). Rihanna and Rocky have no ties to the Five Percent nation.
RZA inspired the Diamonds singer to consider bringing baby clothes into her Fenty brand. She shared with ET that she always thought “doing kid stuff would be cliché”. But only when she went shopping for her child that she realized that she might “need to start making the stuff that I want my kids to wear because it’s hard! I got my own ideas.”
Riot Rose Mayers — What does Rihanna’s second child’s name mean?
When Rihanna appeared for the Super Bowl halftime show performance in 2023, she revealed her second pregnancy. Her red bodysuit revealing the baby bump made headlines at the time. Riot Rose Mayers was born in August 2023. The family of four posed for a series of cute pictures featuring a 16-month-old RZA and a newborn Riot Rose (via PEOPLE).
A source shared with PEOPLE that “Rihanna feels her family is now complete” and “it’s something she’s always wanted.” A source told ET that the name of her second child honors both Rocky and Rihanna. The source shared:
Not everyone knows this, but Rocky loves flowers—he loves having fresh flowers in the house, he loves decorating with flowers, and he even had real flowers in his grill once.
ET also reported that roses are the Umbrella singer’s favorite flower. The name Riot is the same as the title of a song released by Rocky. Both of their baby names received hate from some fans. Rihanna didn’t respond kindly to these fans as she clapped back at one fan.
Rihanna claps back at someone criticising the names of her children. pic.twitter.com/UnbBD09u3p
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 9, 2025
During the interview with Mel Ottenberg for Interview Magazine, Rihanna was asked about how many more kids she would like to have. She shared that she and A$AP Rocky have plans to expand their family. She shared, “As many as God wants me to have.” She also shared that she would try for a girl the next time.
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