Last name: Rhymer. SDB Popularity ranking: 15283. Recorded as Rimer, Rimmer, Rymer, Rymmer, and possibly others, this was an occupational name for a poet or minstrel. It derives from the early French word "rimour or rymour" meaning one who wrote rymes.
Rhys or RhÅ·s is a popular Welsh given name (usually male), which is famous in Welsh history and which is also used as a surname. It is pronounced [r̥ɨËs] in North Wales, [rÌ¥iËs] in South Wales, and /riËs/ in English. Anglicised forms of the name include Rees, Reese and Reece.
LANGUAGE FAMILY: indo-european > celtic > insular celtic > goidelic > irish ORIGIN: irish NAME ROOT: Ó RIAGáIN > RIAGÁN. MEANING: this name derives from the irish surname “Ó riagáin”, meaning "son of riagán", from the irish personal name “riagán”, meaning "little king".
Origin of the name Rhiannon: Borrowed from the Welsh, Rhiannon is an ancient Celtic name of uncertain derivation. Some believe it to be derived from the Old Celtic Rigantona (great queen). The name, which is borne in Celtic Mythology by a goddess of fertility, was not used as a given name until the 20th century.
The meaning of the name “Riane†is: “Little Kingâ€. Categories: Celtic Names, Gaelic Names, Welsh Names. Used in: English speaking countries, Welsh speaking countries.
Riann [ri-ann] as a name for girls has the meaning "king". Riann is a version of Ryan (Irish, Gaelic): cross-gender use of the surname.
Origin of the name Rianna: Borrowed from the Welsh, Rhiannon is an ancient Celtic name of uncertain derivation. Some believe it to be derived from the Old Celtic Rigantona (great queen). The name, which is borne in Celtic Mythology by a goddess of fertility, was not used as a given name until the 20th century.
Origin of the name Rianna: Borrowed from the Welsh, Rhiannon is an ancient Celtic name of uncertain derivation. Some believe it to be derived from the Old Celtic Rigantona (great queen). The name, which is borne in Celtic Mythology by a goddess of fertility, was not used as a given name until the 20th century.
Origin of the name Rhiannon: Borrowed from the Welsh, Rhiannon is an ancient Celtic name of uncertain derivation. Some believe it to be derived from the Old Celtic Rigantona (great queen). The name, which is borne in Celtic Mythology by a goddess of fertility, was not used as a given name until the 20th century.
Origin of the name Rhiannon: Borrowed from the Welsh, Rhiannon is an ancient Celtic name of uncertain derivation. Some believe it to be derived from the Old Celtic Rigantona (great queen). The name, which is borne in Celtic Mythology by a goddess of fertility, was not used as a given name until the 20th century.
