Rylan. land where rye is grown. ORIGIN: British. POPULARITY: 407. This is a modern take on the English surname Ryland, whose meaning is pretty obvious (“where rye is grown”), though an alternate translation is the more oblique: “island meadow.”
land where rye is grown. ORIGIN: British. POPULARITY: 912. Ryland as a boy's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Ryland is "land where rye is grown".