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♀ Ryley (girl)
What does Ryley mean?
Ryley 
as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Ryley) is an Irish name, and Ryley means "courageous". Ryley is an alternate spelling of Riley (Irish, Gaelic): respelling of O'Reilly. Ryley is also a form of Rylee (Irish).
ASSOCIATED WITH irish
Variations
VARIANTS Rylie▲, Rileigh▼, Rilee, Reilly▼, Reilley
RELATED FORM VIA RILEY, RYLEE Rylina
MASCULINE FORM Riley
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Rylai, ..
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ryley Lois (R.L.), ..
How popular is Ryley?
Ryley is an uncommonly occurring given name for females but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#58999 out of 150436, Top 39%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ryley entered the list in 1998 and reached its apex position of #1222 in the U.S. in 2003, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Ryley appearing in the Top 2000 are Riley (#28 FROM RECENT DATA), Rylee (#102), Rylie (#335), Reilly, Rilee and Rileigh. These forms of Ryley were popular as baby names less than a decade ago (ADOPTION OF 0.64%) and have remained as popular to this day (ADOPTION 0.58%, ▼10%), but with versions such as Reilly going out of style. Riley is a constant favorite, though Rylee has grown popular as well over time.
Similar Names
Ryley is alike in pronunciation to Raelee, Railey, Raley, Rawley, Rayla, Rella and Rilla▼. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Adley▲, Ailey, Aley, Alley, Arley, Bayley, Bryley (see Briley), Caley, Cayley, Coley, Eiley, Haley▼, Hayley▼, Joley, Juley, Kaley▼, Kayley▼, Keyley, Kiley▼, Kyley, Lynley, Rayney, Reney, Rey, Reyney, Ripley▲, Rosey, Roxey, Rubey, Rye and Ryen. These names tend to be more commonly used than Ryley.
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