Origin and popularity of the name RUAN

Origin

Ruan : 1: Irish and Scottish: variant of Ruane.2: Spanish (Ruán): nickname from ruán ‘roan’ (a color of horses) a variant of Ruano.3: Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 阮 denoting a type of traditional Chinese musical instrument: (i) from Ruan (阮) the name of a small ancient state located in Jingchuang part of Gansu province during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC). (ii) from the surname 石 (see Shi 1). Some early bearers of the surname 石 (Shi) changed it to Ruan (阮).

Behenna : Cornish: possibly a habitational name from a lost Cornish place now called Bessy Benath on the border of Veryan and Ruan Lanihorne parishes.

Crago : Cornish (Cornwall): possibly from either of two places in Cornwall: Cregoe in Ruan Lanihorne or Creggo in Mylor.

Nguyen : Vietnamese (Nguyễn):: 1: from Chinese ruan (阮) which denotes a type of traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Compare the Mandarin Chinese name Ruan Cantonese Yuen.2: possibly also from old Vietnamese words such as nguồn ‘spring fountain’ or ngòi ‘canal small river’ applied as a topographic name.

Trelease : Cornish: habitational name from one or more places in Cornwall named Trelease (Saint Hilary Ruan Major Kea Saint Keverne). The Saint Hilary placename derives from Middle Cornish tre ‘estate farmstead’ + dy-les ‘profitless’. The Ruan Major placename derives from Middle Cornish tre + glas ‘green blue gray’. The Kea and Saint Keverne placenames derive from Middle Cornish tre + lys ‘court’.

Trerise : from one or more places in Cornwall named Trerise (Crowan Ruan Major) or Trerice (Saint Allen Saint Breock Saint Dennis Newlyn East Sancreed). The place-names derive from Middle Cornish tre ‘estate farmstead’ + rid ‘ford’.

Trestain : from Trestain in Ruan Lanihorne (Cornwall). The place-name derives from Middle Cornish tre ‘estate farmstead’ + stean ‘tin’.

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