English Explanatory Dictionary

Ryan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname
  2. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain (literally “descendant of Riaghan, Rian”).
  3. A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Maoilriaghain or Ó Maoilriain (“Mulryan”, literally “descendant of Maolriaghain, Maolriain (Riaghan's, Rian's follower)”).
  4. A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Ruadháin, Ó Ruaidhín (Rowan, Rouine).
  5. A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Sraitheáin, Ó Sruitheáin, Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
  6. A unisex given name.
  7. A male given name.
  8. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
  9. 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.
  10. A female given name.
  11. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
  12. A female given name of 1970s and later usage, variant of Rhian.

Pronunciation

rīən /ˈɹaɪən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ryan.wav

Word forms

Ryan Ryans O'Ryan Rian Ryann Ryanne Ryana

Related words

Rian Brian Bryan

Derived words

Loch Ryan Rye Rye-Rye

Translations

Ainu: ライアン Arabic: ريان Aramaic: ܪܐܝܐܢ Armenian: Ռայան Belarusian: Раян Belarusian: Райан Bengali: রাইয়ান Bulgarian: Райън Bulgarian: Раян Burmese: ရိုင်ယန် Cherokee: ᏩᏯᏂ Chinese Mandarin: 萊恩 /莱恩 Finnish: Ryan French: Ryan French: Rayan Georgian: რაიან Greek: Ράιαν Hawaiian: Liana Hebrew: ראיין Hindi: रायन Inuktitut: ᕋᐃᐊᓐ Irish: Rián Japanese: ライアン Kannada: ರಿಯಾನ್ Khmer: រ៉ាយអាន់ Korean: 라이언 Macedonian: Рајан Malayalam: റയൻ Marathi: रायन Mongolian: Райан Persian: رایان Portuguese: Ryan Russian: Райан Russian: Раян Serbo-Croatian: Рајан Tamil: ரியன் Telugu: రియాన్ Thai: ไรอัน Ukrainian: Райан Ukrainian: Раян Urdu: راین
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