Given name & surname
Byran
“one who lives near the cow sheds”
Byran is a variant of Byron. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the cow sheds.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Byran is a variant of Byron. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the cow sheds.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Byran is a variant of Byron. An origin associated with Byron is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Byran is a variant of Byron. The history of Byron gives this family its wider story. Byron’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Byran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,400
- 1,400 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 48 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,006 as a first name in 2020; 133 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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