What is the meaning of the name Ryan?

The meaning of the name Ryan is "king". The origin of the name is "Gaelic". The name Ryan is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Ryan

\r-yan\

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Ryan is a really popular first name for boys (#49) and also really popular as a last name (#203). Users of our site ranked the name with a 2.5 (2 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Ryan.

How popular is the name Ryan?

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The year 1985 was for Ryan a very good year. In that year there were 29885 births with the name Ryan. Find out if Ryan is in the top 100 boys names 1985 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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