Updated May 24, 2023

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Dweller in the rye field

Boy name variations

Rylan

Rylan

- 9% this year
Neutral
Uncommon
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Ryle

Ryle

+ 12% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rycroft

Rycroft

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Ryman

Ryman

+ 73% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Ryton

Ryton

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Ryland

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : topographic name for someone who lived near a piece of land where rye was grown, from Old English ryge ‘rye’ + land ‘land’.
  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in Vestlandet so named from an unexplained first element + land ‘land’, ‘farm’.
  • Probably an altered spelling of Dutch Reiland.