Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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RINGAN. Variant form of the Christian name Ninian (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 205, 1816 Scott Antiquary xxv., Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize III. xix.; Lnk. a.1832 W. Watt Poems (1860) 185; Wgt. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 IV. 38; Sh., Slg., Ayr., Rxb. 1975).