Rye

Where Rye comes from

* As an English surname, variant of Rea. * Also as an English surname, from the noun rye. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”). * As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord. * The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”) whence also rith; compare ree.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rye
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,907 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #1,922
    76 babies named Rye — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A nickname of the given name Ryan.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.