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.)