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 [ 2 syll. ryan, ry-an ] The boy name Ryan is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. Its pronunciation is RAYahN KEY. Ryan is used predominantly in the English and Irish languages, and its origin is Celtic. The name's meaning is descendant of Rian. The first name is derived from the Irish surname Ó Riain; the old Gaelic personal name Riain is of obscure origin, it could be of the Irish 'ri' (king). Rion (English), Ryin (English), Rylan (English), Ryland (English), and Ryne (English) are variants of Ryan. Other forms of Ryan include the short form Ry (English), and the variant spellings Ryon (English) and Ryun (English). Ryan is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1940s up to the 1980s. Its usage peaked in 1985 with 1.555% of baby boys being given the name Ryan. It ranked at #12 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.675% and its ranking #18, but it was nonetheless the most popular among all boy names in its group. In 2008, 8 times more boys were named Ryan than the next most popular name, Rylan (English). Ryan has in the past century been mostly given to boys. In 2007, the name Ryan was given to 21 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Ryan include Rion (English), Ryon (English), Raheem (English), Rahim (Arabic and Iranian), Rahman (Turkish), Raimon (English), Raini, Rama (Indian), Ramey (English), Rami (Arabic and Iranian), Ramin (Iranian), Ramon (Spanish), Ramone (English and Spanish), Ramón (Spanish), Ramy (English), Ranen (Hebrew), Ranon (Hebrew), Rayan (Arabic and Iranian), Raymon (English and Spanish), and Rayno (Slavic). Details of famous persons named Ryan: 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)"   |
