First Name: Ryan -- Gaelic B Little king (Ryon, Ryen)
Middle Name: Paul -- Latin B Small, little; from Paulus. (Pauly, Pavel, Paulin, Pasha, Pablo, Paulo)
Confirmation Name: Jeremiah -- Hebrew B Exalted of the Lord, Other forms are Jeremias, Jeremy,Enthusiastic,Powerful.
Awful lot of "little" in there for a 6'5, 300 pounder...
On a personal level, Paul is my father's name, and Jeremiah is the name of our highschool's peer ministry leader (and all-around spiritual advisor, friend, and confidant). Ryan was my parent's compromise between Owen (how cool would THAT have been) and Michael.
I'm pretty sure Hoff has no deeper meaning, sadly.