Rowan (name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈroʊən/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Other & ???? |
| Language(s) | English, Irish (some variants) |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Little red one; eponymous of Rowan tree |
| Other names | |
| See also | Roan, Roy, Rohan |
Rowan is an Irish given name and surname. Variants of the name include Roan,[1] Ruadhán (Irish), Ruadh (Irish). 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 featured in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Dave Rowan (1882–1955), Canadian baseball player
- Dawn Rowan (born 1946), Australian therapist specialising in counselling adult survivors of childhood ritual, satanic, emotional, sexual and physical abuse
- Dominic Rowan (born 1970), English actor
- Ellis Rowan (1847–1922), Australia naturalist and illustrator
- Eric Rowan (1909–1993), South African cricketer
- Ev Rowan (1902–1956), American football player
- Ford Rowan, American television reporter for NBC News and panelist on Meet the Press
- Gordon Lee Rowan, American killed in Algeria in the In Aménas hostage crisis[4][5]
- Henry Rowan (born 1923), American philanthropist and engineer, namesake of Rowan University
- John Rowan (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Rowan (born 1981), English footballer
- Joseph Rowan (1870–1930) was a U.S. Representative from New York
- Kelly Rowan (born 1965), Canadian actress and model
- Lou Rowan (born 1925), Australian Test cricket match umpire
- Louis R. Rowan (1911–1988), American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder
- Matthew Rowan (died 1769) acting governor of North Carolina in 1753 and 1754
- Peter Rowan (born 1942), American bluegrass musician and composer
- Ron Rowan (born 1962), retired American basketball player
- Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), Vice Admiral, US Navy
- William Rowan (1789–1879), British military commander
Given name
- Rowan Davison, football player and manager
- Rowan Atkinson, English actor, comedian, and screenwriter
- Rowan Blanchard, American child actress
- Rowan Pelling, British editrice and columnist
- Rowan Vine, football player
- Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir William Rowan Hamilton, mathematician
Fictional
- Rowan Mayfair, a fictional character in the Mayfair Chronicles by Anne Rice
- Professor Rowan, a fictional character from the video games Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
- Rowan, a fictional character from the film Jason X
- Lily Rowan, a fictional character in the series of novels and narratives about detective Nero Wolfe by American writer Rex Stout
- The Rowan / Angharad Gwyn, a fictional character in "The Tower and the Hive" series by Irish author Anne Inez McCaffrey
- Rowan Morrison, a character in The Wicker Man.
- In the 2006 remake, the character is renamed Rowan Woodward.
- Rowan Whitethorn, A Character From The Book Series; Throne of Glass
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.