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 [ 2 syll. ryan, ry-an ] The girl name Ryan is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced RAYahN KEY. Ryan has its origins in the Celtic language. It is used largely in English and Irish. The name Ryan means 'descendant of Rian'. Derived from the word ri with the meaning 'king'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See Ryan for more info. Ryan has 16 forms. Forms of the name include Riana (used in German as well), Riane, Riann, Rianna, Rianne, Riayn, Ryane, Ryann, Ryanna, Ryanne, Ryenne, Ryette, and Rynn. Other English forms include the pet form Rye, and the spelling variants Rian and Ryen. Ryan is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1986, 0.038% of baby girls were named Ryan. It had a ranking of #340 then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #534 with a usage of 0.028%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Ryan was 73% more widely used than the next ranked name, the English Ryann, in 2008. Ryan has mainly been a boy name in the last century. There were 21 times more boys than girls who were named Ryan in 2007. Baby names that sound like Ryan include the English Ryen, the English Raena, the Slavic, Czech, English, German, Polish, and Russian Raina, the English Rainey, the English Raini, the English Rainie, the English Rainy, the Indian Rama, the Indian Ramaa, the name Ramah, the Arabic, Iranian, Kurdish, and Turkish Rana, the English, Hebrew, and Indian Rani, the English Ranna, the Arabic Ranya, the name Rawnie, the Slavic, English, and Yiddish Rayna, the English Reana, the English Reanna, the English Reannan, and the English Reannen. KEY: Pronunciation for Ryan: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
