Rhian
A girls’ name of Welsh origin, meaning maiden or white; feminine form of Rhys.
Rhian by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Rhian. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Rhys
Like Rhian, each of these traces back to Rhys: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rhian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rhian
Names that are said the same way as Rhian, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean white
Like Rhian, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Fionafair or white1,672 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Biancawhite or pure827 in the US (2017)
- Ivorymade of ivory; the hard white material from elephant tusks512 in the US (2017)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rhian
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