Rian

Gender Masculine

Usage Irish, Old Irish [1][2], English

Pronounced Pron. RIE-ən(English) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Irish form of Ryan, as well as an English variant.

Related Names

DiminutiveRy(English)

Feminine FormsRyann, Ryana, Ryanne(English)

User SubmissionsRían, Rian

Popularity

People think this name is

modern youthful informal strong strange

Categories

currently out of the US top 1000, directors, isograms, king, littleness, variants

Sources & References

O'Brien, Kathleen M. Index of Names in Irish Annals, available from https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Rian.shtml.
Page at https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G100005A/text073.html.

Entry updated January 21, 2022