What is "riaan"

Riaan is a given name, popular in South Africa. Notable people with the name include:

• Riaan Botha (born 1970), South African pole vaulter
• Riaan Cruywagen (born 1945), South African television news reader and voice artist
• Riaan Engelbrecht, South African rugby league player
• Riaan Liebenberg, South African Paralympic sprinter
• Riaan Manser (born 1973), South African pioneering explorer
• Riaan Schoeman (born 1989), South African swimmer
• Riaan Smit (born 1984), South African rugby union footballer
• Riaan Vermeulen (born 1984), South African rugby union player
• Riaan Viljoen (born 1983), South African rugby union rugby player
• Riaan Walters (born 1980), Namibian cricketer
• Riaan van Zyl (born 1972), American rugby union player