Given name
Rhyannon
“the great and sacred queen”
Rhyannon is a variant of Rhiannon. One Welsh interpretation is “the great and sacred queen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rhyannon is a variant of Rhiannon. One Welsh interpretation is “the great and sacred queen.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rhyannon is a variant of Rhiannon. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rhyannon is a variant of Rhiannon. The history of Rhiannon gives this family its wider story. Rhiannon appears in the Mabinogi, a medieval collection of Welsh legends.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rhyannon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 0 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2005.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rhyannon’s family of names
Rhyannon has a related form in Rhiannon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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