Island meadow or rye land
Ryelan is a modern English coinage, likely a creative variation of Rylan or Ryland. It combines the Old English elements 'ryge' (rye) and 'land' or 'eg-land' (island), originally denoting someone who lived near a rye field or on a meadow island.
Less common today
Ryelan isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,974 in 2017.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
