Girl or boy · Irish Gaelic
Rowan
Say it: ROH-un
Meaning
From the Irish surname Ó Ruadháin, from Ruadhán, a diminutive of ruadh 'red'; it also coincides with the rowan tree.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used for both sexes, it rose in the US from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 45,134 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 528 boys
- 4,397 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Rowen
| Irish | Ruadhán |
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Famous bearers
- Rowan Atkinson, English actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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