Given name & surname
Ruan
Ruan is a masculine given name. It is used in English, French, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ruan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 83 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,539 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,539 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 967 as a first name in 2020; 5,594 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ruan’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Ruan shares an earlier linguistic root with Jean. In Portuguese usage, Ruan has a related form in RHUAN. In Portuguese usage, Ruan shares an earlier linguistic root with Ian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ruan
- Ruan Teixeira SilvaBrazilian association football playerborn 1991
- Ruan PienaarSouth African rugby union footballerborn 1984
- Ruan Tressoldifootball playerborn 1999
- Ruan OliveiraBrazilian footballerborn 2000
- Ruan NortjéSouth African rugby union footballer (1998-)
- Ruan BothaSouth African rugby union footballerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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