Girl name origins & meanings
- Gaelic : Red-haired
Girl name variations
Boy name origins & meanings
- English : From the rowan tree
- Irish : Little red-haired one
- Gaelic : Red-haired
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Roan
Family name origins & meanings
- Irish : variant spelling of Rowan.
- English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Rouen in Normandy. In Scotland the name is also derived in part from any of several places named Roan in the Borders and Strathclyde. There was also a medieval female personal name Roana, which may have given rise to some examples of the surname.