Gender:
Origin:
Gaelic
11 famous people named Roan found on Wikipedia.
1821 male, 164 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1384-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1381-th in year 2017
Used in: Frisian
Roan is a Frisian given name. It is sometimes used also in other languages such as English, where it can be also an alternate form of Rowan. It can be also a surname. Variants of the name include Ronne. It comes from Proto-Germanic *hrabanaz (Old High German hraban) meaning "raven".
1520s, from Middle French roan "reddish brown," perhaps from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, probably from a Germanic source (compare Gothic raudan, accusative of rauðs "red"), from PIE root *reudh- "red, ruddy." Chiefly of horses.
Little red one, little redhead.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roan Carneiro | 1978 | Brazilian martial artist |
| 2 | Charles H. Roan | 1923 | United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient |
| 3 | Dan Roan | British journalist | |
| 4 | Michael Roan | 1972 | American football player |
| 5 | Roan Ching-yueh | 1958 | Scholar in Architecture |
| 6 | Oscar Roan | 1951 | American football player |
| 7 | John Roan | 17th-century landowner in Greenwich, London | |
| 8 | Ozawa Roan | 1723 | Japanese poet and writer |
| 9 | Roan Uchida | 1868 | Japanese literary critic, novelist, translator and writer |
| 10 | Roan Johnson | 1974 | Italian writer and screenwriter |
| 11 | Roan Orloff-Stone |