Rowan

Gender：
Pronounced： [ RO-ən (English) ]
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Usage：Irish, English (Modern)

Meaning & History：

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin meaning "descendant of RUADHÁN". This name can also be given in reference to the rowan tree.

RUADHáN male Irish

Diminutive of RUADH.

RUADH male Irish, Scottish

Gaelic byname meaning "red", often a nickname for one with red hair. This was the nickname of the Scottish outlaw Raibeart Ruadh MacGregor (1671-1734), known as Rob Roy in English.

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EQUIVALENTS

ENGLISH: Rowan

IRISH: Rowan

FEMININE FORMS

ENGLISH: Rowanne

OTHER FORMS

DUTCH: Roy

ENGLISH: Ormond, Ormonde, Roy

IRISH: Ruadh, Ruadhán

SCOTTISH: Roy, Ruadh