Comments for the name Rhian

This is the name of a childhood friend of mine. Quite unusual.

I personally love this name but I think I would spell it Rhiane or Rhianne.

I found on the Internet that it's pronounced REE-awn.

This is my name and I've always pronounced it Ree-Ann though it annoys me how when people look at the spelling many pronounce it Ryan and almost everybody I know assumes it's just short for Rhiannon.

I liked this name, but not anymore, it's not a very modern name.

My niece is called Rhian and I always say it like RHI-ANN but my sister in law says it's pronounced RHI-IN, sounds like rain when you say it like that. I like it RHI-ANN the longer way.

A Welsh-speaker's two cents : Pronounced RHEE - ann, with the RH rolled (flicking against the roof of the mouth).

I am Welsh and I, like everyone else in the United Kingdom, pronounce it ree-un, although in really Welsh-speaking communities Sforzando is right, but generally in British English at least, we pronounce it ree-un. And I've never really liked this name; it reminds me of the French word rien, which means "nothing". :\

I like this name. It sounds pretty. Definitely a great alternative to naming a girl Ryan!