Marwan

Marwan

Pronunciation	Arabic: [marwaːn]
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Arabic
Meaning	Solid stone from marou used to make fire in ancient times. Also it means a very strong lion and leader.

Marwan (also spelled Maruan, Marouane, Merouane, Mervan, or Merwan, Arabic: مروان) is an Arabic and Kurdish male name. Notable persons with that name include:

Persons with the given name

Marwan

• Marwan I, Umayyad caliph (623-685)
• Marwan II, Umayyad caliph (688-750)
• Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa (d. 797), Abbasid-era poet
• Marwan ibn Abi'l-Janub, grandson of the above, Abbasid-era poet
• Marwan (rapper), Danish-Palestinian rapper Mohamed Marwan
• Marwan Ali, Tunisian pop singer
• Marwan Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian group Fatah
• Marwan Charbel, Lebanese general and politician
• Marwan Dudin (1936–2016), Jordanian politician
• Marwan Hamadeh, Lebanese politician
• Marwan Hamed, Egyptian film director
• Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934–2016), German painter of Syrian origin
• Marwan Kenzari, Dutch Tunisian actor
• Marwan Khoury, Lebanese artist
• Marwan al-Muasher, Jordanian politician
• Marwan al-Shehhi, 9/11 terrorist from the UAE

Marouane

• Marouane Chamakh, a Moroccan-French footballer
• Marouane Fellaini, a Belgian footballer

Merouane

• Merouane Abdouni, Algerian footballer
• Merouane Anane, Algerian footballer
• Merouane Kial, Algerian footballer
• Merouane Zemmama, Moroccan footballer

Mervan

• Mervan Çelik, Swedish footballer of Kurdish descent

Merwan

• Merwan Rim, French actor and singer-songwriter

Persons with the surname

• Ashraf Marwan, Egyptian businessman
• Asma bint Marwan, a medieval Arabian female poet (7th century)
• Ibn Marwan, chieftain in the Al-Andalus (9th century)
• Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan, general in the Al-Andalus (8th/9th century)

Fictional characters

• Habib Marwan, character in the TV drama 24

See also

• Marwanids (990-1085), Kurdish dynasty