Name Rowena

Origin:

From Old English words for fame and friend

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About the name Rowena in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	German, English
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Rovena, Rowen, Bowen, Bozena, Dorena, Lorena, Morena, Noena, Owen, Owen Details

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About Rowena, the group of names with the same origin as Rowena

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	origin unclear, probably a Latinized form of the Old English name Hrodwyn
	appears in the 12th century AD
	known from Rowena, the wife of Ivanhoe in the novel of Walter Scott
Words:	hrod = the fame Old English
	wine = the friend Old English
Topics:	Two-element name
Old/original forms:	Hrodwyn Old English
Name variants:	Rovena, Rowena Sortable list Details