Rian

Where Rian comes from

A re-Gaelicisation of the given name Ryan, which comes from the Irish surname Ó Riaghain /Ó Riain (literally “descendant of Riaghan /Rian”). Thus, reviving the original Irish given name Riaghan /Rian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rian
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,010 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #901
    94 babies named Rian — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name
Namesakes

No widely known Rian turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.