I wrote a modern fantasy/adventure story some years ago, with the main character being a ten-year-old that went by "Rye." Rye was adopted by a rich couple named
Michael and
Rose Brass, who already had quadruplets of their own (
Allison,
Samuel,
Leonardo, and
Katrina), but his real parents were
Eric and
Stella, both of whom are dead at the story's beginning (
Eric through unknown circumstances,
Stella through childbirth).
Originally, his name was to have been
Teivel (weird, I know), and Rye would have changed it to what he has now when he runs away from home. But now I'd like to have a name that Rye could be a nickname for. Nothing from Welsh or Gaelic like
Rhys, though. I really don't prefer those kind of names.