ryan

proper noun

1. A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Sraitheáin, Ó Sruitheáin, Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
3. 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.
4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
5. A female given name of 1970s and later usage, variant of Rhian.
6. A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland; named for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.
7. A village in Lockhart Shire, New South Wales.
8. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California; named for borax industry businessman John Ryan.
9. An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
10. A minor city in Delaware County, Iowa.
11. An unincorporated community in Belle Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota.
12. A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma; named for early settler and rancher Stephen W. Ryan.
13. A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
14. A ghost town in Stevens County, Washington; named for early settler Henry Ryan.
15. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia; named for early settler and minister Thomas P. Ryan.