Jason Ryan

Many people have asked us where we came up with the name Jason Ryan, so here is the story behind his name.

Aaron's middle name is Jason, AND Aaron really likes the name Jason, AND I came around to liking it, so Jason inherited his papa's middle name.




Ryan is a much longer story. All along we had liked the name Jason Riley, and that was to be our boys name (this name was chosen back when we were first married, before our miscarriage). After I became pregnant with Jason, we were talking about the name Riley (not knowing he was a boy), and I said that Riley is also a girls name. I didn't want our boy to have a girly name, so we ditched the name Riley and began discussing a new middle name. Well, at this time of discussing a new middle name to go with Jason, the Rangers were in the World Series. Anyone who knows Aaron knows he is a HUGE Rangers fan, and a HUGE Nolan Ryan fan. We saw Nolan Ryan sitting in the crowd during one of the games, and we thought, hey...Ryan...that's a good name. Aaron actually said "hey, Nolan Ryan, now THAT'S a good name." I quickly nipped the whole Nolan idea in the bud, but we did like the way Jason Ryan sounded, so we decided that this would be our boys new name.

Jason Ryan is named after his papa and Nolan Ryan. : )


The name Jason means HEALER
The name Ryan means LITTLE KING


Jason is also a biblical name. In Acts 17:5-9, Jason's home is used as a refuge for Paul and Silas. He is also mentioned briefly in Romans. I suppose as we study Acts in BSF next year, Jason will get to learn about the Jason in the Bible. : )

And that is the story behind out little Jason Ryan's name.