Rydar

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

Rydar by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rydar

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 Rydar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
  • Rydan7 in the US (2017)
  • Rykar5 in the US (2017)
  • Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)
  • Rydenmounted warrior or cavalry soldier; a form of Ryder94 in the US (2017)
  • Rhydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder49 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rydar

Names that are said the same way as Rydar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Riderone who rides; a mounted warrior or messenger41 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rydar

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