Rowan (name)

Rowan (name)
Rowan or Rawan is a traditionally masculine Irish given name and surname, now also in use as a given name for girls. Variants of the name include Roan, Rohan, Ruadhán, and Ruadh. The name comes from the Irish surname Ó Ruadháin and from the word ruadh, meaning "red-haired" or "rusty." It is also an Arabic feminine name referring to a river in Paradise. In some instances, the name is given in reference to the tree.
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
Barbara Ann Rowan (1938–2020), American attorney
Carl Rowan (1925–2000), American journalist and author
Chad Rowan (born 1969), Akebono, Hawaiian sumo wrestler
Sir Charles Rowan (– 1852), officer in the British Army and Commissioner of Police of the (London) Metropolis
Dan Rowan (1922–1987), American 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), Australian 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 2013 In Aménas hostage crisis
Henry Rowan (1923–2015), American philanthropist and engineer, namesake of Rowan University
Jenny Rowan (born 1949), New Zealand politician
John Rowan (disambiguation), several people
Jonathan Rowan (born 1981), English footballer
Joseph Rowan (1870–1930), US Representative from New York
Kelly Rowan (born 1965), Canadian actress and model
Leslie Rowan (1908–1972), British civil servant and industrialist
Lou Rowan (1925–2017), 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) (born 1969), British physicist
Stephen Clegg Rowan (1808–1890), American vice admiral
William Rowan (1789–1879), British military commander
Given name
Saint Rowan, Irish abbot of the 6th century and one of the Apostles of Ireland
Rowan Alexander, Scottish footballer and manager
Rowan Atkinson (born 1955), English actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Rowan Barrett (born 1972), Canadian basketball player in Israeli Basketball Premier League
Rowan Blanchard (born 2001), American actress
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, American writer
Rowan Crothers (born 1997), Australian swimmer
Rowan Cronjé (1937–2014), Rhodesian politician
Rowan Deacon, English director and filmmaker
Rowan Pelling (born 1968), British editrice and columnist
Rowan Vine (born 1982), English footballer
Rowan Williams (born 1950), Archbishop of Canterbury
William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), Irish mathematician
Fictional characters
Rowan, one of the two main protagonists in Fire Emblem Warriors
Rowan, the main character in Emily Rodda's Rowan of Rin fantasy books
Rowan Damisch, one of the two main characters in the novel Scythe
Rowan Khanna, in the mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Rowan LaFontaine, in the film Jason X
Rowan Mayfair, in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy by Anne Rice
Rowan Mills, in NBC's The Blacklist
Rowan Morrison, in 1973 film The Wicker Man
Rowan North, the main antagonist of the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot
Rowan Omondi, a main character in Alice Oseman's I Was Born for This
Rowan Theirin (née Guerrin), in Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne by David Gaider
Rowan Whitethorn, in the Throne of Glass book series by Sarah J. Maas
Professor Rowan, in the Pokémon franchise
Lily Rowan, in the Nero Wolfe franchise by Rex Stout
Rosalie Rowan, in the DC Animated Universe
References
English unisex given names
English-language surnames
English-language unisex given names
Given names derived from colors
Given names derived from plants or flowers
Irish unisex given names
Surnames of Irish origin
Feminine given names
Masculine given names