As proper nouns the difference between gregory and ryan
is that gregory is , an english style variant of while ryan is common in ireland.
gregory
English
Usage notes
Name of early saints, and of 16 popes. Used since Middle Ages; popular in the mid-twentieth century.
Related terms
* Greg, Gregg, Gregor
* Grigory
Quotations
* : Act V, Scene III:
*: Turk Gregory never did such deeds in arms as I have done this day.
* 1990 , Time Bomb , page 163:
*: The surname Graff'' was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have done. ''Too'' German. Too ''foreign . 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.
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
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