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Ryan
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ryan ryaŋ
English
Alternative forms
surname anglicized from Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain en O'Ryan
male given name en Rian
female given name en Ryann Ryanne Ryana
Pronunciation
rīən, en /ˈɹaɪən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ryan.wav Southern England
en aɪən 2
Proper noun
~ s
en
en Irish, an anglicization of ga Ó Riaghain, ga Ó Riain descendant of ga Riaghan, ga Rian.
en Irish, an alternate anglicization of ga Ó Maoilriaghain or ga Ó Maoilriain Mulryan descendant of ga Maolriaghain, ga Maolriain (ga Riaghan's, ga Rian's follower).
en Irish, a rare anglicization of ga Ó Ruadháin, ga Ó Ruaidhín (Rowan, Rouine).
en Irish, a rare anglicization of ga Ó Sraitheáin, ga Ó Sruitheáin, ga Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
en unisex.
en male.
en male surnames, popular in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
en Ashley Strickland Warned he would die by age 10, he just graduated college w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/health/ryan-dant-college-graduation-mps-rare-disease-profile/index.html 2017-05-13 The geneticist said Ryan had a rare genetic disorder called mucopolysaccharidosis I, or MPS I, with a wide-range of symptoms affecting multiple systems in the body. https://web.archive.org/web/20170812220213/https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/health/ryan-dant-college-graduation-mps-rare-disease-profile/index.html
en 31 May 2017 Aberdeen: Ash Taylor & Lawrence Shankland join players leaving Pittodrie https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40113519 BBC Sport Aberdeen have confirmed, external Ash Taylor and Lawrence Shankland will follow Ryan Jack, Niall McGinn and Peter Pawlett in leaving the club this summer. 2 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20210524151445/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40113519
en male Arabic ar رَيَّان. Sometimes written and pronounced as Ryan in English due to the phonetic similarity with the Arabic name.
en female.
en female surnames 1970s and later.
en female Rhian 1970s and later.
A placename
en locale c/Australia.
en suburb city/Mount Isa s/Queensland ; named for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.
en village shire:Suf/Lockhart s/New South Wales.
en locale c/US.
en ucomm co/Inyo County s/California ; named for borax industry businessman John Ryan.
en ucomm co/Vermilion County s/Illinois.
en minor city co/Delaware County s/Iowa.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Belle Creek co/Goodhue County s/Minnesota.
en town co/Jefferson County s/Oklahoma ; named for early settler and rancher Stephen W. Ryan.
en twp co/Schuylkill County s/Pennsylvania.
en ghost town co/Stevens County s/Washington ; named for early settler Henry Ryan.
en unincorporated community co/Roane County s/West Virginia ; named for early settler and minister Thomas P. Ryan.
Quotations
en 1989 Garrison Keillor We Are Still Married: Lonely Boy 0-14-013156-6 308 "By the way, I forgot your name," she said. I bit off half a burger and chewed it slowly, thinking fast. I didn't think she'd be impressed with the name Wiscnek so I gave her a name I made up when I was little, Ryan Tremaine, a name I used when I played detective. She said, "That's such a beautiful name."
en 1999 D.W.Buffa The Defense 109 1864489073 He never shortened my first name because he never used it. It was part of his perpetual rebellion against West Coast informality. The barber who cut his hair still thought his first name was Ryan because that was the only name he had given the first time he called for an appointment.
Derived terms
en Loch Ryan
en Rye (nickname)
en Rye-Rye (childish nickname)
Related terms
en Rian
Translations
male given name
Ainu: ain ライアン raian
Arabic: ar ريان
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܪܐܝܐܢ
Armenian: hy Ռայան
Belarusian: be Раян, be Райан
Bengali: bn রাইয়ান
Bulgarian: bg Райън, bg Раян
Burmese: my ရိုင်ယန်
Cherokee: chr ᏩᏯᏂ
Chinese: zh 小王 little king
Mandarin: cmn 萊恩 Lái'ēn
Finnish: fi Ryan of English-speakers
French: fr Ryan, fr Rayan
Georgian: ka რაიან
Greek: el Ράιαν
Hawaiian: haw Liana
Hebrew: he ראיין
Hindi: hi रायन
Inuktitut: iu ᕋᐃᐊᓐ
Irish: ga Rián
Japanese: ja ライアン raian
Kannada: kn ರಿಯಾನ್
Khmer: km រ៉ាយអាន់
Korean: ko 라이언
Macedonian: mk Рајан
Malayalam: ml റയൻ
Marathi: mr रायन
Mongolian: mn Райан
Persian: fa رایان
Portuguese: pt Ryan m
Russian: ru Райан, ru Раян
Serbo-Croatian: sh Рајан
Tamil: ta ரியன்
Telugu: te రియాన్
Thai: th ไรอัน raian
Ukrainian: uk Райан, uk Раян
Urdu: ur راین
See also
en Brian, en Bryan (linguistically unrelated but often confused in spoken English)
Wikipedia article on Ryan
Anagrams
en anry Arny N-ray NYRA n-ary nary yarn
en male given names from Irish unisex given names
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Ryan<ety:uder<ga:->> 2 1
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English < Irish
Quotations
ceb
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt male Ryan English