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Justin vs Ryan - What's the difference?

justin | ryan |

As proper nouns the difference between justin and ryan

is that justin is : justin while ryan is common in ireland.

justin

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • . Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
  • * 1892 Alfred Emanuel Smith: New Outlook . Outlook Publishing Co.,1925. page 43:
    • What is there, I wonder, about the name Justin' that gives its bearer the quality of leadership? '''Justin''' Morrill was a leader of men. ' Justin Morgan was a leader of horses.
  • * 1996 Sherman Alexie: Indian Killer ISBN 0-87113-652-X page 102:
    • 'It says here his name was Justin Summers. Now, if that ain't the whitest white-guy name of all time, then I don't know what. It's just a damn shame.'

    Related terms

    * Justine * Justinian * Justus

    ryan

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • common in Ireland.
  • derived from the surname, popular in all English-speaking countries from the 1970s to the 1990s.
  • in use since the 1970s, from the surname, or a variant of Rhian. Spelling variant: Ryann.

    • Quotations

    * 1989 Garrison Keillor: We Are Still Married: Lonely Boy . ISBN 0-14-013156-6 page 308: *: "By the way, I forgot your name," she said. I bit off half a burger and chewed it slowly, thinking fast. I didn't think she'd be impressed with the name Wiscnek so I gave her a name I made up when I was little, Ryan Tremaine, a name I used when I played detective. She said, "That's such a beautiful name." * 1999 D.W.Buffa: The Defense : ISBN 1864489073 page 109: *: He never shortened my first name because he never used it. It was part of his perpetual rebellion against West Coast informality. The barber who cut his hair still thought his first name was Ryan because that was the only name he had given the first time he called for an appointment.

    See also

    * Rian *

    Anagrams

    * * English unisex given names ----