Synonyms for
ryan
A surname
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All Definitions for Ryan

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1A surname
2A surname from Irish, anglicized from Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain (“descendant of Riaghan, Rian”). Riaghan/Rían is perhaps from rí (“king”) + -án (diminutive suffix), meaning “little king”.
3A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Maoilriaghain, Ó Maoilriain (Mulryan).
4A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Ruadháin, Ó Ruaidhín (Rowan, Rouine).
5A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Sraitheáin, Ó Sruitheáin, Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
6A unisex given name.
7A male given name.
8A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
9A male given name from Arabic رَيَّان (rayyān). Sometimes written and pronounced as Ryan in English due to the phonetic similarity with the Arabic name.
10A female given name.
11A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
12A female given name of 1970s and later usage, variant of Rhian.
13A placename
14A locale in Australia.
15A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland
16Amed for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.
17A village in Lockhart Shire, New South Wales.
18A locale in the United States.
19An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California
20Amed for borax industry businessman John Ryan.
21An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
22A minor city in Delaware County, Iowa.
23An unincorporated community in Belle Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota.
24A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma
25Amed for early settler and rancher Stephen W. Ryan.
26A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
27A ghost town in Stevens County, Washington
28Amed for early settler Henry Ryan.
29An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia
30Amed for early settler and minister Thomas P. Ryan.

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