Roan - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Roan \roan\ is a variant of Rowan (Gaelic), and the meaning of Roan is "little red-head".

The baby name Roan sounds like Ron, Royan, Roane, Ronn, Ryan and Rian. Other similar baby names are Doan, Roban, Rogan, Rohan, Roman and Ronan.

Roan is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#9642 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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