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Cryan

Cryan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Cryan (plural Cryans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Cryan

pluralCryans

Origin of Cryan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ruaidhín (“son of Ruaidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of ruadh (“red”).

Questions about Cryan

What does Cryan mean?
Cryan means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Cryan?
Cryan is a proper noun.

Words near Cryan in the dictionary

  1. cry-typing
  2. cryable
  3. cryalf
  4. cryalfs
  5. cryalgesia
  6. Cryan
  7. cryand
  8. cryands
  9. Cryans
  10. crybabied
  11. crybabies

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