Rykar

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

Rykar by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Rykar

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

  • Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)
  • Rydar5 in the US (2017)
  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
  • Rymanrye field dweller; one who harvests rye17 in the US (2017)
  • Rylan1,594 in the US (2017)
  • Riker80 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rykar

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

Names about as common as Rykar

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