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单词 Ryan
释义

Ryan

See also: ryaŋ

English

Alternative forms

  • (surname anglicized from Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain): O'Ryan
  • (male given name): Rian
  • (female given name): Ryann, Ryanne, Ryana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪən/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Ryan (countable and uncountable, plural Ryans)

  1. A surname
    1. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain (“descendant of Riaghan, Rían”). Riaghan/Rían is perhaps from rí (“king”) + -án (diminutive suffix), meaning “little king”.
    2. A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Maoilriaghain, Ó Maoilriain (Mulryan).
    3. A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Ruadháin, Ó Ruaidhín (Rowan, Rouine).
    4. A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Sraitheáin, Ó Sruitheáin, Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
  2. A unisex given name
    1. A male given name
      1. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
      2. A male given name from Arabic رَيَّان‎ (rayyān). Sometimes written and pronounced as Ryan in English due to the phonetic similarity with the Arabic name.
    2. A female given name
      1. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
      2. A female given name of 1970s and later usage, variant of Rhian.
  3. A placename
    1. A locale in Australia.
      1. A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland; named for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.
      2. A village in New South Wales.
    2. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city in Iowa.
      2. A city in Oklahoma; named for early settler and rancher Stephen W. Ryan.
      3. An unincorporatedcommunity in California; named for borax industry businessman John Ryan.
      4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Minnesota.
      5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Illinois.
      6. An unincorporatedcommunity in West Virginia; named for early settler and minister Thomas P. Ryan.
      7. A ghost town in Washington; named for early settler Henry Ryan.

Quotations

  • 1989, Garrison Keillor, We Are Still Married: Lonely Boy, →ISBN, page 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."
  • 1999 D.W.Buffa: The Defense: →ISBN page 109:
    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

  • Rye (nickname)
  • Rye-Rye (childish nickname)
  • Rian

Translations

See also

  • Brian, Bryan (linguistically unrelated but often confused in spoken English)
  • Wikipedia article on Ryan

Anagrams

  • Arny, N-ray, NYRA, n-ary, nary, yarn

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ryan, from Irish.

Proper noun

Ryan

  1. a male given name from Irish

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ryan.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ryan m

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Ryan
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