Usually means: Name typically given to males.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word Ryan:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ryan: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ryan, ryan: Wordnik
  3. Ryan: Wiktionary
  4. Ryan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Ryan: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. ryan: Dictionary.com
  7. RYAN, Ryan (TV series), Ryan (disambiguation), Ryan (film), Ryan (given name), Ryan (surname), Ryan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Ryan: Rhymezone

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  1. Ryan: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Ryan)

noun:  A surname
noun:  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”.
noun:  A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Maoilriaghain, Ó Maoilriain (Mulryan).
noun:  A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Ruadháin, Ó Ruaidhín (Rowan, Rouine).
noun:  A surname from Irish, a rare anglicization of Ó Sraitheáin, Ó Sruitheáin, Ó Srutháin (Strachan, Strahan).
noun:  A unisex given name.
noun:  A male given name.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
noun:  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.
noun:  A female given name.
noun:  A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
noun:  A female given name of 1970s and later usage, variant of Rhian.
noun:  A placename
noun:  A locale in Australia.
noun:  A suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland; named for Dr. Joseph Ryan, medical superintendent of the local hospital during WWII.
noun:  A village in Lockhart Shire, New South Wales.
noun:  A locale in the United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California; named for borax industry businessman John Ryan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
noun:  A minor city in Delaware County, Iowa.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Belle Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota.
noun:  A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma; named for early settler and rancher Stephen W. Ryan.
noun:  A township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
noun:  A ghost town in Stevens County, Washington; named for early settler Henry Ryan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia; named for early settler and minister Thomas P. Ryan.

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