Rivan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in England and Wales.
Rivan by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Rivan. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Rivan
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 Rivan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rianlittle king or kingly140 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riaanlittle king; a form of Rian or Ryan142 in the US (2017)
- Riyana form of Ryan; little king38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rihansweet basil10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rivaanflowing, stream-like28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rivensplit or torn apart16 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rivan
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