Rhysand
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REE-sand
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Rhysand is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Rhysand mean?
Modern: invented by novelist Sarah J. Maas, apparently built on Welsh Rhys
Rhysand is the High Lord of the Night Court in Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses novels.
Is Rhysand a girl's or a boy's name?
Rhysand is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rhysand in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Rhysand, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Rhysand in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rhysand in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
Nicknames for Rhysand
- Rhys 128 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rhysand
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rylo, Kyaire, Ryatt, Henry, Royal, August, Otto, Kylo, Charlie, Oscar, Rayland, Jettson
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rhysand: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rhysand, updated 20 October 2026.