Ryanne

My name is Ryanne pronounced Ry-Anne. My mom wanted to call me Ray- anne but my Dad wanted me to be called Ry-anne because Ray-anne sounds like a boy name. A lot of people mispronounce my name but I don't really care. I did get bullied because of my name and it did hurt so you guys who said that Ryanne is a hideous, gross and ewww name, back off! I love my name and I'm proud of it.

I like it. It's new!

Looks like a forced feminization of Ryan.

I named my daughter Rhyanne. Pronounced Ryan. Like others I wanted a unique name for her. I love it she loves it. This was back in 1981. Since then I have seen numerous others using the same spelling. Those who don’t like the fact that a feminized version is used get over it! As a matter of fact it is a popular Welsh, Irish, Australian name...

Hello. My name is Ryanne pronounced Rye-in and I think it is a wonderful and fantastic name and for those of you who don’t like the name it is not nice to say “Yuck” “Eww” “gross”. Say something like I don’t really like that name not to be mean though or DON’T SAY ANYTHING because it can hurt people’s feelings, we are human not robots and I like everyone's comments and I know that everyone has opinions but be respectful of your opinions. People are right, you don’t have worry about many people having the same name as you. Yes in some ways it is a boy's name but in many ways it’s also a girl's name and it is unique and different.

This is my friend's name. Most our friends call her Rye but one time some random kid called her Ryanntha.

My middle name is Ryanne, pronounced Rye-Anne. I've never actually met a guy named Ryanne which pronounces it as Ryan, but I wouldn't go as far as to say "its a terrible way to spell it," like some other people on here... I usually get a lot of Rains or Ryans or even pronounced like Re-In haha. I personally enjoy seeing names that are not ordinary (Not to get confused with ridiculous), people's creativity will never cease to surprise me. At some point in time a name we see everyday was considered weird.

Ryanne is a hideous name. Male names don’t need extra junk attached to them. They're good enough on their own. This is on the same level as Joelle.

As an English teacher, I can affirm that Ryanne - phonetically - should be pronounced "Rye-Ann" - however, with names, one gets to apply poetic license. We named our daughter Ryanne and pronounce it "Ryan." Reason? I was calling roll the first day of class in 1992 and mistakenly called a girl named Riann "Rya-ann" - she sweetly corrected, "It's "Ryan." She was such a great kid and I'd never heard a form of Ryan for a girl before, so I tucked it away in the "name vault" for future consideration. With a Scottish surname, we were looking for something similar in origin for a daughter and "Ryan" seemed to fit. We wanted to feminize the spelling, however, so she would not appear to be a boy when it appeared in print. Also, as a fan of Anne of Green Gables, I simply couldn't have "Anne" without the "e." Now at nearly age 20, she has met several other "Ryann/Ryan/Ryannes" of various spellings - in fact, one moved in right next door! And they have all loved their (somewhat) unique names. Yes, she sometimes was called "girl Ryan" to distinguish her from classmates, but it's no different than having Hannah B, Hannah D, Hannah M... ;)

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Fun to read all the comments from other "Ryanne" aficionados. Not so fun to read the negative comments... which, seriously, why? Just don't use the name if you don't like it. No need to be so salty!

I mean, it's not THAT bad, and it's better than Ryan for a girl. If pronounced rye-ANN or ree-ANN, I think it sounds okay. Not great or amazingly pretty, but I find it more interesting than a lot of more boring names that are popular these days. Pronounced like Ryan it just sounds too masculine.

My name is Ryanne and I pronounce it Ry-ann and I love it! I love being unique. It does suck that I will never find my name on anything but I don't care as much as it being unique. I do get a lot of mispronunciation but I don't sweat it. My best friend actually calls me Ryan and I work at a job where I answer the phone and I get a lot of Diane and Reeann and Roxanne but it's cool with me! I'll be your Diane hahahahha.

My name is actually Ryanne, and no one ever likes that. They spell it wrong, think it's a stupid name, even sometimes make fun of me. I personally LOVE my name. I never have to worry about other girls having the same names as me, ans it's a pretty name. For the people who don't like it because it's a feminine version of Ryan, I DUN CARE WHAT U THINK.

Ryan is not a girls' name! Spelling it Ryanne doesn't make it any more feminine. Changing "an" at the end of a male name to "anne" doesn't always make it feminine. What's next, Dylanne or Brendanne?

I think Ryanne is a hideous name. I feel bad for girls who bear it.

Ryan is a great boy's name! But Ryanne, get real, that's just eww. Whoever came up with this has issues.

This is my middle name, but I spell it Ryann and pronounce it Ree-Ann. I think it's unusual but it gives a nice balance to my name because my first name is so popular. My parents didn't just randomly pick it, Ryan is my mother's maiden name.

I don't like lazily and unimaginatively derived names from male names, like Brianne, Deanne, and this hideous, harsh-sounding name.

My daughter's name is Ryanne. We've had a few mispronunciations of Rayanne and Ry-anne. She's only ever had 1 boy Ryan in any of her classes.

I actually like the original spelling (Ryan) because Ryanne looks like it's pronounced Rie-Ann.

Wait, has this name been currently made up to sound more "feminine"? I don't know. I don't really like it, just because I'm used to the masculine Ryan more.

I would like this better if it was pronounced REE - ANNE.

I like the name Ryanna but for me it's too popular so when I heard this name I loved it because it's close to the name Ryanna but it's unique and uncommon also.

Umm what is so bad about the original spelling?

I think it's cute!

Ewww!

I so disagree with you. Ryanne is totally a CUTE name. This version is much more feminine than Ryan! '"Ewwwwwwwww'". Right.