Rowan (name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈroʊən/ |
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| Gender | Unisex |
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| Meaning | Little red one; eponymous of Rowan tree |
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Rowan (/ˈroʊən/) is an Irish given name and surname. Variants of the name include Roan,[1] Ruadhán, and Ruadh. The name comes from the Irish surname Ó Ruadháin.[2] It is also an Arabic feminine name referring to a river in Paradise. [3]
Surname
- Andrew Summers Rowan (1857–1943), American army officer
- Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751–1834), Irish celebrity and founding member of The Dublin Society of United Irishmen
- Athol Rowan (1921–1998), South African cricketer
- Carl Rowan (born 1925–2000), American journalist and author
- Sir Charles Rowan (c. 1782 – 1852), officer in the British Army and Commissioner of Police of the (London) Metropolis
- Dan Rowan (died 1987), actor and comedian, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Dave Rowan (1882–1955), Canadian baseball player
- Dawn Rowan (born 1946), Australian therapist
- Dominic Rowan (born 1970), English actor
- Ellis Rowan (1847–1922), Australia naturalist and illustrator
- Eric Rowan (1909–1993), South African cricketer
- Erick Rowan (born 1981), ring name of American wrestler Joseph Rudd
- Ev Rowan (1902–1956), American football player
- Ford Rowan, American television reporter, and panelist on Meet the Press
- George Rowan, Scottish footballer
- Gordon Lee Rowan, American killed in Algeria in the In Aménas hostage crisis[4][5]
- Henry Rowan (1923–2015), American philanthropist and engineer, namesake of Rowan University
- John Rowan (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Rowan (born 1981), English footballer
- Joseph Rowan (1870–1930), US Representative from New York
- Kelly Rowan (born 1965), Canadian actress and model
- Lou Rowan (born 1925), Australian cricket umpire
- Louis R. Rowan (1911–1988), American businessman and racehorse owner and breeder
- Matthew Rowan (died 1769) acting governor of North Carolina, 1753–54
- Peter Rowan (born 1942), American bluegrass musician and composer
- Ron Rowan (born 1962), American basketball player
- Sheila Rowan (physicist), British physicist
- Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), American vice admiral
- William Rowan (1789–1879), British military commander
Given name
- Rowan Alexander, Scottish footballer and manager
- Rowan Atkinson (born 1955), English actor, comedian, and screenwriter
- Rowan Blanchard (born 2001), American actress
- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, American writer
- Rowan Crothers (born 1997), Australian swimmer
- Rowan Cronjé (1937–2014), Rhodesian politician
- Rowan Pelling (born 1968), British editrice and columnist
- Rowan Vine (born 1982), football player
- Rowan Williams (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), mathematician
Fictional
- Rowan, the main character in Emily Rodda's Rowan of Rin fantasy book series.
- Rowan Khanna, a character in the mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Rowan LaFontaine, a character in the film Jason X
- Rowan Mayfair, a character in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy by Anne Rice
- Rowan Mills, a character in NBC's TV series The Blacklist
- Rowan Morrison, a character in The Wicker Man.
- In the 2006 remake, the character is renamed Rowan Woodward.
- Rowan North, the main antagonist of the Ghostbusters reboot played by Neil Casey.
- Rowan Theirin (née Guerrin), a character in Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne by David Gaider
- The Rowan/Angharad Gwyn, a character in the Tower and the Hive book series by Anne McCaffrey
- Lily Rowan, a character in the series of novels and narratives about Detective Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout
- Professor Rowan, a character in the video games Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
- Rowan Whitethorn, a character in the Throne of Glass book series by Sarah J. Maas
- Rowan, one of the two main protagonists in Fire Emblem Warriors
- Rowan Damisch, one of the two main characters in the Scythe (novel) book series by Neal Shusterman
References
- ^ "Roan – meaning of Roan – name Roan". Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Rowan". Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/684/li1.htm
- ^ "Abdelmalek Sellal: Canadian ID'd as Shadad coordinated Algeria attack". UPI. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ ADAM NOSSITER and ALAN COWELL (1 March 2011). "Official says 38 hostages were killed at gas field". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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