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Riordan - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Riordan

[ 2 syll. rior-dan, ri-ord-an ] The boy name Riordan is pronounced as RIHRDahN KEY. Riordan is an Irish name of Irish Gaelic origin. The meaning of the name is royal poet. The name Rordan (Irish) is a variant of Riordan. Other forms of Riordan include the pet form Rory (English), and the variant spellings Rearden (English) and Riorden (English).

Riordan is rare as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Riordan, Rory (English, Irish, and Scottish) was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Riordan include Rearden (English), Radan (Czech), Radim (Czech), Radman, Raiden, Ratan (Indian), Rodman (English), Rodney (English), Rodnie (English), Rordan (Irish), Radoman (Slavic), Riorden (English), Rodion (Russian), Ruadhan (Irish), and Ruadhán (Irish).

KEY: English pronunciation for Riordan: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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