Entry № 8690 · Welsh origin

Rhian Rhian — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Welsh maiden"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "welsh maiden".

Rhian is from the Welsh — derived from rhiain (maiden, young woman). Rhian Sugden (born 1986) — British model. Rhian Hughes — Welsh artist. Rhian Lloyd — Welsh academic. Princess Rhian — Welsh heritage naming.

Welsh maiden — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Rhian
Transliteration
Rhian
Pronunciation
/ ˈriː.æn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhian stands.

Rhian 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.

Rhians before her.

Real people
Rhian Wilkinson
Canadian-Welsh footballer + 2x Olympic bronze.
born 1982
Rhian Sheehan
New Zealand ambient composer.
born 1976
In fiction
Rhian
Welsh maiden concept.

Names connected to Rhian.

The number behind Rhian.

5

The Seeker

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