Entry № 8689 · Welsh origin

Rhiain Rhiain — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Maiden / nymph (Welsh heritage)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "maiden / nymph (welsh heritage)".

Rhiain is from the Welsh rhiain (maiden, nymph, virgin). Rhiain Davies — modern Welsh-American figure. Rhiain Bebb — Welsh artist. Rhiain Lewis — Welsh academic. Rhiain Hutchings — modern figure. Princess Rhiain — Welsh royal heritage naming.

Maiden / nymph (Welsh). Welsh poetic word for maiden + appears throughout iconic medieval Mabinogion.

The name in its native script.

Rhiain
Transliteration
Rhiain
Pronunciation
/ ˈriː.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhiain stands.

Rhiain does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rhiains before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rhiain
Welsh for maiden.

Names connected to Rhiain.

The number behind Rhiain.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rhiain reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.