Ryan (Irish) Ancient Coat of Arms (Family Crest) Digital Image Instant Download
An Anglicised form of the Old Gaelic Ó Maoilriain and Ó Maoilriaghain, from the personal name Maolriain. From ‘maol’ or the Irish pagan ‘mal’, meaning ‘chief’, which is related to the Welsh ‘mail’, meaning ‘hero’, and the ancient ‘rian’, an Old Irish word for ‘water’, to mean ‘a water deity’ or ‘worshippers of Rian’.