Rian
Rian is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Little king.
What Rian means
Little king.
Rian is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Rian comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Rian is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Rian?
You will not find Rian in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Rian
We group Rian under royalty and rule. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Royal
Names like Rian
These share Rian's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Rory — Red king.
- Ruairi — Red king.
- Brendan — Prince; little raven.
- Conn — Chief; high one.
- Tiernan — Little lord.
- Riona — Queenly.
- Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
- Maeve — She who intoxicates; queen.
- Orla — Golden princess.
- Orlaith — Golden princess.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.