Viryan

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Erzya (Russia)

Meaning

a masculine name from the Erzya people of the Republic of Mordovia in central Russia, whose language — Erzya Mordvin — is one of the major Finno-Ugric languages of European Russia alongside Moksha, Mari, and Udmurt; the Erzya and Moksha together constitute the Mordvin people, though they speak mutually unintelligible languages and maintain distinct cultural identities; Erzya religious tradition centred on the supreme deity Ineshkipaz and an elaborate pantheon of nature spirits (ozyainzt) associated with the forest, field, and household, and the Erzya name tradition preserves this cosmological vocabulary in phonological forms that distinguish Erzya from its Russian-dominated linguistic environment

Gender

male