By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Irish
"little saint"
An Irish name with a sweet, saintly and virtuous meaning, Naomhán is Anglicized as Nevan. It would be pronounced NEEV-awn.
Anglo-Saxon
"brave counsel"
An Old English cognate of the Germanic Conrad, this Anglo-Saxon form has been recorded with a number of spelling variations throughout history, including Cænred, Coenred, Cenered, and Cenredus.…
English, Anglo-Saxon
"son of Roger, son of the famous spearman"
An old English last name meaning "son of Hodge", Hodge being a nickname for Roger, a more figurative interpretation could be "son of the famous spearman". Yet to appear in the stats and perhaps too…
American invented name
Riler is a spelling spin on another new invented name Ryler, given in the US in 2024 to about 40 babies, about 80 percent of them male. You can think of it as a mashup of the trendy surname-names…