Ryan

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Irish) common in Ireland.
  2. Proper noun.  (given name, male) derived from the surname, popular in all English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, female) in quiet use since the 1970s, from the surname, or a variant of Rhian. Spelling variant: Ryann.

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