Ryer
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning dweller by the rye field.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Ryer by the numbers
Ryer was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ryer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)
- Ryenlittle king; descendant of Rian; a respelling of Ryan62 in the US (2017)
- Ryefrom the rye field or rye grain42 in the US (2017)
- Ryver10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ryler26 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Ryer, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ryer
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