Rowan

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Little redhead; the rowan tree
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Overview

Rowan comes from Irish and is used as a boy's name. The name is traditionally understood to mean “Little redhead; the rowan tree”. It travels well — written natively in Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew and Russian, and more. People who share the name include Rowan Atkinson and Rowan Blanchard.

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Meaning

Little redhead; the rowan tree

Origin

Irish

The story

Both a Gaelic surname and a hardy mountain tree once planted to ward off harm.

Famous people named Rowan

Rowan in other languages

  • Arabicروان
  • Japaneseローワン
  • Hebrewרואן
  • RussianРоуэн
  • Chinese罗温

Numerology

8

The name Rowan carries numerology number 8. (For entertainment.)

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