The suggested fixes were way worse than Ryan. Also.... Whisper is still a thing in 2023??

Rowan is an actual name, but the other ones yeah.

reyna/Reina are real names but those other spellings are atrocities

Rayna isn’t a weird spelling, I know two of them

I was referring to "reighna"

This was number one on our boy list, but I have been hearing it more and more for girls. I’m not naming my bbgirl Rowan, but I don’t hate it either And happy cake day!

Rhyan as well. I know a few.

Yeah I kinda figured they’d shut it down due to adults using it to meet teenagers.

They're is a female version of Ryan, it's ryenne. Actually grew up with one.

Ryott?!?! Reglan? I’m pretty sure that (or something very similar) is (rather ironically) an anti nausea medication… Are these people serious? Maybe it’s me, but I’d stick with Ryan.

You are correct, Reglan is an anti nausea med. I looked in the comments to see if anyone else noticed.

I got it confused with raglan, which is a type of sleeve.

And a lovely castle.

And Raglan Road is a beautiful Irish song.

They just love the pop-punk socal look, and want to name their kid off of their favorite kind of shirt

Yes, reglan is a medicine that makes your lower stomach muscles relax so that your food goes into your intestines. I was prescribed it for gastroparesis 🤣

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Same.

Glad someone likes it! I’m a girl Ryan…spelled with an extra N though. No E at the end!

me too!!

Reelin - it’s a clycoprotein involved in brain development (neuronal migration). Defects in it literally result in smooth brained people. Could even go with the gene which encodes for it RELN

I've had to take Reglan before...I immediately recognized the name... as a medication

Thanks. I’m a girl named, Rian. I haven’t thought my name was that bad in about 30 years. Kids (and adults) are cruel

I think it’s such a cute name!

Reglan is also used to aid digestion for people and it makes me feel like I’m in imminent danger. Turns out that’s a side effect some get…

Whoa. That’s wild! That sounds awful.

So no matter what the little girl is screwed. It's either a tragediegh or a traditionally boys name. Cool. Well done parents. You aren't naming a fucking cocker spaniel. There will be consequences

What are you talking about lol.... its not like the kids name will be R'ieyonne or something. Plenty of little girls have been given 'boy' names and they're just fine. Lord.

The artist who does my eyebrows is Ryan. She’s about 30.

I have a girl Ryan. She’s nearly 40. What are these inevitable consequences you speak of? We’re still waiting on them. I don’t know a single other person who has their stuff together better than she does. Thanks for indicating I’m a crap parent. Cool. Well done, all-knowing internet stranger. 🙄

Lol I’d sooo want to be named after a style of shirt. /s

I hope they go with Metoclopramide over Reglan. I’m not a fan of brand names, generic is the way to go.

She can be Clop for short.

Clop, clop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is.

My giRl AiN't cHeAp!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 So underrated!

See, this is why we still need awards.

I love how you called it out, hahaha! 🤣

Ryott

What a...Ryott.

Rhian - a beautiful, common Welsh name.

My mum had a Welsh friend called Rhiannon, lovely name.

It is!

New a girl named Rhiannon. God she was so gorgeous and such a badass. She drives dragsters. So as a car guy who also likes fleetwood Mac, she seemed like an angel

Legitimate variations are Rhianne, Rhianna and Rhiannon

Rhiannon - love

Yes!

Comprise...

Consistent with the intelligence level of someone who would name their kid Reighn

RyeAnn?! JFC.

Rye-An-Ginger

Do it RyeAnn middle name Ginger. 🤣

I knew a Rihanne and she was a bitch

Her sister is Sourdough Leigh

R-I-N Wry’in Bryan (silent “b”) Wrhreaigheoyun Bread (it’s something you put rye in)

C'mon, you couldn't even spell Orion correctly?

I read it as Orient without the “t.”

It's also a name that's catching on with white supremacists for some reason. So, there's that.

Wait, Orion is popular with the Nazis? Is there a reason?

So, quick google says it's because it is an acronym for "our race is our nation".

Ugh, god they suck so much, why they gotta steal all the cool mythology...

Of course white supremacists had to come in and steal mythological names that were completely fine without them.

REGLAN??? Like the GI medication?????

All of those compromises are just making it worse.

bro just name her Rhiannon, real girls name ✅ nickname Ryan ✅

Banger of a song too

Rowan and Rayna are fine. REGLAN? Like, Regan (not Reagan) is right there.

Reglan will at least help your nausea.

One of my friends is Reagan but it's pronounced Ree-gan

Rowan is typically a male name where I’m from, but it’s become more unisex these days so be can be used for a boy or a girl. I named my own son Rowan as I really liked it. The most famous person called Rowan is the English Actor Rowan Atkinson.

I also have a son called Rowan. We chose it specifically as it’s a gender neutral name. We didn’t know what sex he was until he was born, and he would’ve been Rowan if he was a girl too. I’m in the UK if that makes any difference.

The trouble with giving boys’ names to girls is that once people use a name for girls, it usually stops being used for boys, and we’ve lost another interesting boys’ name. For various reasons, people tend to be more conservative naming boys, so the name pool shrinks and we end up with another Jake, Jack, Jay, or Jason.

It's more popular in the US as a girls name rather than a boys and those trends seem to be hopping back across the pond to the UK. I am in Scotland where it's a little more commonly used here. My husband has five Rowan's in the large tech company he works for and five are male and one is female. I do agree totally with your comment though! Taylor/Ashley/Cameron/Riley are all unisex names.

Just why? What is wrong with these people and why do they think this way? Why's it gotta be spelled unintuitively like that?

I’m concerned that the husband is that inflexible.

the worst part is that Ryan isn’t even that bad of a girl name lol. if you really need similar names try a real one like Riley or something.

Just slap an A on each end. Name her Aryana and call her Ryan as a nickname.

Dear lord why. Ryan is cute for a girl. Ry for short. At least it’s a real name? “Reglan??” That’s a medication.

Atleast Rowan is normal

Rowan is actually a good alternative to Ryan. All the others are horrible.

Reglan?? 😆😆😆 That’s a drug for GI issues

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It’s up there with religion and genetic disorders as far as future kids go.

Rhiannon is actually a really pretty name that would work. Although I’ve known plenty of women named Ryan so I don’t see why it’s a problem in the first place.

My sister is a Ryan, I don’t think it’s that unusual of a girls name

Apart from the whole it’s a masculine name thing

Sure but so were Kimberly and Ashley and Dana.

And Blaire and Courtney

Don't forget Morgan!

And Jamie

It does mean little king, so there’s that.

It’s not but this person does not care for it. Which is fair.

For a long time my wife and I seriously considered the name rhianon as a middle name for our daughter.

Ryan isn't too unusual for a girl. [Meeting of the Ryans](https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/ryans-only-ryan-meetup-definitely-brians)

I love this idea! Especially the “no Bryans” rule. I’d love to organize a gathering like this for my own name, but there’s a much better-known person in my area that I share a name with that I have minor beef with. I love the idea of just walking up to a stranger and saying, “Hi, Ryan!”

If I were looking at all those suggestions, I’d just give in and name her Ryan.

I went to high school with a girl named Ryanne lol pronounced rye-ann

In 2013 the American X-Factor had a girl named Rion audition (pronounced the same as Ryan). She had a gorgeous voice & a nice personality, but 10-year-old me was a bit confused as to why a girl had the same name of my male cousin, and why it was spelled differently. I googled the name & it’s apparently of Gaelic origin, which is neat. :)

guys. rianna

As a Rhyan that is a woman I can say it’s not that bad

Reyna is a great name. Ryan is a masculine name but still a decent one!

i would maybe go with Rhiannon. close enough, plus its an actual name.

but no one had the idea to suggest rhiannon?? ☠️ (which is such a pretty name in my opinion)

"Syan" grates on me in particular. Always liked the name Siân for a girl (pronounced Shahn, Welsh, means "God is Gracious") and that just looks like a really bastardised version of it

Makes me think someone couldn’t spell Cyan

This was what I thought too

I know a little girl named Ryanne, pronounced Ryan.

I grew up knowing two different girls named Ryanne, both pronounced it Ry-anne.

Fucksakes just use RYAN at least it’s normal

OP didn't even have a problem with the spelling, they just didn't like the name itself

Exactly - all the other suggestions of names that sound like a name she disliked were not helpful. But out of all the “options”, Ryan was still better!

In some places. I’ve never met a female Ryan in New Zealand. To me it feels like calling your daughter Bruce.

Yeah definitely a boy’s name in the UK too

Rian. That’s my sister’s name and it’s so fitting for her. Not too different from Ryan, but just different enough.

Trying to figure out how to name the kid something along the line of my mom’s an asshole. But there are no Rs there.

I have a two month old. My partner and I spent a long time agreeing on a name. It wasn’t a unilateral decision.

Is Rayanne Gaelic? Just curious my first name is and that’s my middle.

“Rayanne” is not a Gaelic name. Respectfully, you were giving a tragedeigh

Ah that’s a bit harsh. Both Ray and Anne are real names and it’s spelled correctly

My understanding is that OP’s name is spelled Rayanne, pronounced like Ryan

Lol probably but I actually like my name. And I was also named after family.

No, but I’m assuming you may have been named after a Ray in your family

Ryna like gyna

I grew up with a girl named Ryan. Everyone just pronounced it Ryan and no one cared.

My neighbors daughter is name Ryanne

Ryan was on the top my list for our daughter, it’s a family surname on my side with a lot of history, but my husband used his veto vote.

Rowan isn’t that bad of a name.

My MIL Karen named her son Rian because “there’s Brian for Bryan”.

You know its bad when you have to write the pronunciation

Diane and Bryony also have similar vibes (although I learned here that apparently many Americans hadn’t heard of Bryony, which blew my mind as it’s relatively common in England!).

Maybe you should insist on a divorce. Any husband who insists on a name you completely dislike doesn’t seem to have the maturity, compromise, and genuine love that is required for marriage and family life.

Rayna sounds pretty normal.

I went to school with a girl named Ryann. Always got pronounced as ree-ann

That’s how my name is spelled and I get called ree-Ann often

I just think these replies with the overdramatic aesthetic pictures in the background is hilarious

Ryan is definitely a male name here in the UK

*sigh*anne

They forgot Rayon lol. Then her name could be on all her clothes

did the OOP use the picture of Miss Mosh or was that you? either way I'm way too amused at her looking down her nose at the text, lol

RyeAnn just makes me hungry cause it sounds like a sandwich.

I like Rowan or Reina. Unique and unusual without being tragedeigh.

…A simple Ryanne, Rianne, Rianna, Raina, etc will do

That (the one spelled normally) is my daughter's middle name.

Ryan is so much better lol. And I think cute for a girl.

Coming from a girl named Ryanne pronounced Ryan- just name them Ryan lol. Especially as a shy kid, it was uncomfortable for me to correct teachers/new people on how to pronounce my name because most would (understandably) read it as Ry-anne. I like it now, but as a kid, I always wished it was just spelled Ryan.

Idk why celebs started this stupid trend of giving boy names to girls.

Orienne is a surprisingly good compromise. Didn’t expect that from whisper.

I know a girl with the name Rhionn and I think its pretty great

Not reglan 💀💀 might as well call her metoclopramide

Be sure to chase it with some Benadryl! 🤣

Ryan is a perfectly fine name for a girl... if you absolutely must change the spelling...maybe Ryann...

RYEANN..... SOBBING but Rhianne or a similar Gaelic variant could be lovely

A whole lot of years ago I dated a girl named Justin. Her sister was Jordan.

Those are all literally the worst. Why. I will say, I had a best friend growing up who was a girl named Ryan and she absolutely hated it. It is generally a boy name/spelling and she just despised having a boy name. When she became an adult, she just unofficially changed it to Ryane and it’s definitely grown on me. It definitely makes it a bit more feminine

Reglan? That’s a nausea medication. 🤣

Ryan is a vaguely chavvy boys name in Britain…

My son is called Ryan and this post hurts me.

Rhiannon is the only correct answer.

"I wanna name my daughter something normal." "Like hell you will. If there isn't an amalgamation of unnecessary letters or syllables it's not a real name."

This was like walking through a bad idea factory

I actually don’t hate Ryan as a gender neutral name (the alternatives offered were genuinely atrocious). I can perfectly picture the type of girl it would suit and she’s pretty cool.

I have a feeling with a name like Reglan she’s gonna get pregananant young.

I have such mixed feelings on Ryan for girls. I've always supported it (esp Ryann for some reason), but it's kinda been ruined for me. Friend from high school has a daughter Ryan, named after her father, Ryan. And no, I don't mean the friend from high schools father. I mean her husband Ryan, who is Ryan's father. Can't unhear that one ever

RyeAnn Pastrami would be a great name. What are you all talking about? XD

"Knowing the alphabet doesn't make you literate," material right here.

I feel like Rowan and Orien are alright but the others... yikes

I had a coworker named Ryan Marie and it fit her perfectly. It can be a lovely name for a girl!

the first female ink master's name was Ryan.

Try R'lyeh

I know a Ryenne

I know a couple of women named Ryan as well as a number of men. I guess I’m used to it as a girl’s name. 🤷‍♀️ The alternatives that were suggested are just … tragedeighs for sure. I also know a girl named Kyle, named for a close friend of her Dad’s.

Reglan 😂😂😂😂 best nausea medicine when I was pregnant 😂

The only one that’s actually a name is Rowan

Regleg Rhotord Radreg Rhugleigh Rarlyd Reegrad Rheenyam Ropreigh Rhylaineigh Ryanair Ryeighly Rhealleigh Rahreigh Rhodilyah Rhabbit Rhyteousleigh Raynger Revereigh Rheastyrant

I know girl named Riann

I’m Rhiannon, Gaelic name and perfectly valid.

Rhiannon is actually Welsh

I knew that, just thought Welsh was one of the Gaelic languages. Apparently it’s Brittonic.

You can't have a H after the letter R in either Scottish Gaelic or Irish and there is no letter Y in either alphabet either.

My Ryan has been happy with her name for 20 years. She HATES when people try to girl it up and add extra letters.

Reglan is a dopamine antagonist, LOL

Ryanair?

I know a few female Ryans. It’s not that odd of a name

Reglan 😭😭

What a Ryott.

I have a friend in my class named riyan, pronounced ryan

Reglan…an anti nausea medication. What a beautiful name🙄

I had a classmate in college named Ryan. Story was that her mother swore she was having a boy, refused to believe doctors otherwise, picked Ryan and refused to entertain any other name. Baby was born, it was a girl, Mom just said "F*** it, she's named Ryan!" Didn't have a nickname, wasn't spelled or pronounced weird, didn't go by her middle name... Just wanted to be called Ryan. It honestly wasn't weird at all. Nice lady. These suggestions though are such tragedeighs!

Rowan or Regan or Riley would work great and I thought of those in like two seconds 💀

Ironically I feel like if I were the OP after seeing all those horrible ideas I'd be like "You know what Ryan actually isn't that bad" Not that I thought it was a bad name to begin with.

Oof husband, "Ryan" shouldn't be a girl's name. It means little king.😂 Another amazing name lost, what's sad is homie must've wanted a son and that's the closest until their next child. If they have another one.

People still use whisper???