Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Dweller in the rye field Boy name variations Rylan Ryland Ryle Rycroft Ryton How Popular Is The Name Ryman Family name origins & meanings English : topographic name, a variant of Rye 1 and 2, with the addition of man ‘man’.Swedish : ornamental name composed of the place name element ryd ‘woodland clearing’ + man ‘man’.Swiss German (Rymann) : variant of Reimann 1, 3.