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Meaning
Name
●
A surname
A
surname
from Irish,
anglicized
from Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain (“descendant of Riaghan, Rían”). Riaghan/Rían is perhaps from rí (“king”) + -án (diminutive
suffix
),
meaning
“little
king
”.
A
surname
from Irish, an
alternate
anglicization
of Ó Maoilriaghain, Ó Maoilriain (Mulryan).
A
surname
from Irish, a
rare
anglicization
of Ó Ruadháin, Ó Ruaidhín (Rowan, Rouine).
A
surname
from Irish, a
rare
anglicization
of Ó Sraitheáin, Ó Sruitheáin, Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
●
A
unisex
given name
A
male
given name
A
male
given name
transferred
from the
surname
,
popular
in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
A
male
given name
;A
male
given name
from Arabic رَيَّان (rayyān). Sometimes
written
and
pronounced
as Ryan in English due to the
phonetic
similarity
with the Arabic
name
.
A
female
given name
;A
female
given name
transferred
from the
surname
, of 1970s and
later
usage.
A
female
given name
;A
female
given name
of 1970s and
later
usage
,
variant
of Rhian.
A
male
given name;A
male
given name
from Arabic رَيَّان (rayyān). Sometimes
written
and
pronounced
as Ryan in English due to the
phonetic
similarity
with the Arabic
name
.
A
female
given name;A
female
given name
transferred
from the
surname
, of 1970s and
later
usage.
A
female
given name;A
female
given name
of 1970s and
later
usage
,
variant
of Rhian.
●
A placename
A
locale
in Australia.
A
suburb
of Mount Isa, Queensland;
named
for Dr. Joseph Ryan,
medical
superintendent
of the local
hospital
during WWII.
●
A placename
A
locale
in Australia.
A
village
in New South Wales.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
city
in Iowa.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
city
in Oklahoma;
named
for early
settler
and
rancher
Stephen W. Ryan.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in California;
named
for
borax
industry
businessman
John Ryan.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in Minnesota.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in Illinois.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in West Virginia;
named
for early
settler
and
minister
Thomas P. Ryan.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
ghost town
in Washington;
named
for early
settler
Henry Ryan.
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