Riansh

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Riansh by the numbers

Riansh was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Riansh

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Riansh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Riyanshpart of the sun; ray of light10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rivanshpart of a river6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)
  • Rayanshray of sun; a part of the sun4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rehansh8 in the US (2017)
  • Revansh7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Riansh

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