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It's REE (uhr) dun. The extra syllable in the middle is really slight, so it often comes out sounding like REAR-duhn (anglicization is Reardon). If you want to get technical, you roll the r's since it's Gaelic, but nobody seems to really do that when it's a last name at least.

ree-ordan? or rordan? Either way, I don't like it... Of course, I also don't like Riannon and am not a big fan of Jordan, so that may be part of it. The reerdan prn. mentioned by someone else is even less attractive though and has definite teasing potential.

This message was edited 12/13/2011, 5:49 PM

I don't know if it's correct, but all of my librarian co-workers and I pronounce it ROR-dan.

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ETA: I looked it up and apparently it's REER-dan. I guess I need to change my pronunciation.

This message was edited 12/13/2011, 5:30 PM

I'm pretty sure the correct way to pronounce it is REER-den.

I love Riordan! I've heard it pronounced REE-or-dan, ree-OR-dan, and something more like ROR-dan. I think the last one is most correct... I'll be watching this thread though. I sort of gave up on it a while back because I think I liked a wronf pronunciation better than the real one.