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♂ Rowan
What does Rowan mean?
Rowan 
▲ as a boys' name (also used less generally as girls' name Rowan) is of Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Rowan is "little red-head". Also the name of a flowering tree with red berries. Also form of Rooney.
STARTS WITH Ro-
Variations
VARIANTS Roan, Rohan▲, Rowe, Rowen▲
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Roxan, ..
(female) Rowra, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Rowan Remi (R.R.), ..
How popular is Rowan?
Rowan is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#2408 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Rowan entered the list in 1991 and reached its top rank of #129 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Rowen (#490 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Rohan (#705) and Roan (#1384) are the prominent related forms of Rowan (#129). Usage of these forms of Rowan is at its highest today (AVERAGE #677). Rohan is the continual favorite, though Rowan has grown trendy as well.
Similar Names
Rowan▲ is alike in pronunciation to Rain, Rane, Ren, Rian, Rien, Rion, Roane, Ron▼, Ronn, Roone, Royan, Ryan▼, Ryen, Ryon and Ryun. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Boban, Colan, Conan, Corwan, Cowan, Coyan, Doan, Dolan, Doran, Dowan, Ewan, Gawan, Goran, Hogan, Howlan, Iwan, Johan▲, Joran, Jovan, Juwan▼, Logan▲, Loman, Loran, Lowman, Nolan▲, Radwan, Rajan, Regan, Roban, Robin▼, Robyn, Rodas, Rodman, Rogan, Rojay, Roland▼, Roldan, Rollan, Romain, Roman▲, Romano, Ronal, Ronan▲, Roshan, Row, Rowdon, Rowdy, Rowl, Rowland, Rowly, Royal▲, Roydan, Rozen, Rylan, Sohan, Toran and Twan. These names tend to be more commonly used than Rowan.
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