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Ryan name meaning

“little king (traditional interpretation)”

Letters
4
Syllables
2
First letter
R
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2000s: 8.5%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s8.5%
2010s7.3%

Meaning royalty

Ryan is a boy's name from an Irish surname, traditionally interpreted as 'little king'.

What does Ryan mean?

Little king (traditional interpretation)

In Malay: raja kecil (tafsiran tradisional)

#Royalty

Sources (1)

About the name Ryan

Ryan comes from the Irish surname Ó Riain, based on the given name Rian. The meaning of Rian is unclear but is traditionally read as 'little king', the Irish word for king plus a diminutive. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 2000s with 1,216 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
SyllablesRy-an
Arabic scriptريّان

Ryan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Boy: 1,216 · 8.5%
2010s
Boy: 980 · 7.3%
People registered with Ryan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Ryan · behindthename.com · meaning

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