Rowena Forename
Approximately 327,240 people bear this name
Rowena Forename Definition:
A female name. this name seems to originate with Geoffrey of Monmouth, who gives it to the d. of Hengist, wit': whom Vortigern fell in love. It may be Old English Hrōðwyn, a compound of hreod ‘fame’ and wine ‘friend’. Scott used it for the Saxon heroine of Ivanhoe, and Rowena (like Cedric q.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 282,645 | 1:375 | 29 |
| United States | 100% | 17,087 | 1:21,217 | 1,671 |
| England | 100% | 6,181 | 1:8,996 | 740 |
| Australia | - | 3,320 | 1:4,114 | 592 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,576 | 1:21,170 | 2,886 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,282 | 1:14,519 | 1,483 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,506 | 1:15,783 | 3,005 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,431 | 1:11,811 | 1,344 |
| New Zealand | - | 924 | 1:4,909 | 687 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 720 | 1:42,292 | 3,616 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Wales | 100% | 520 | 1:5,951 | 639 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Jamaica | - | 449 | 1:6,421 | 906 |
| Egypt | 100% | 412 | 1:223,061 | 7,852 |
| Bahamas | - | 397 | 1:1,006 | 253 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Kuwait | - | 275 | 1:13,765 | 1,556 |
| Germany | 100% | 268 | 1:360,738 | 4,333 |
| Scotland | 100% | 261 | 1:20,499 | 987 |
| India | 100% | 256 | 1:4,745,617 | 184,797 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Singapore | 100% | 225 | 1:27,942 | 5,813 |
| Qatar | 100% | 210 | 1:11,284 | 1,791 |
| Ireland | 100% | 203 | 1:22,874 | 1,058 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 173 | 1:1,026,384 | 25,462 |
| Thailand | 100% | 173 | 1:405,005 | 20,524 |
| Brazil | 100% | 170 | 1:1,260,213 | 30,739 |
| Hong Kong | - | 153 | 1:50,671 | 2,521 |
| Spain | 100% | 146 | 1:318,698 | 5,119 |
| Japan | - | 140 | 1:914,186 | 14,473 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 136 | 1:1,896,792 | 98,933 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 136 | 1:59,943 | 5,776 |
| Guam | - | 129 | 1:1,245 | 277 |
| Guyana | 100% | 125 | 1:6,106 | 1,050 |
| China | - | 104 | 1:13,135,152 | 59,885 |
| Kenya | - | 87 | 1:532,266 | 14,493 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 81 | 1:190,417 | 11,596 |
| Italy | 100% | 80 | 1:763,276 | 7,180 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 77 | 1:17,681 | 2,216 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Jordan | 100% | 70 | 1:126,097 | 2,247 |
| Sweden | 100% | 65 | 1:151,660 | 5,803 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 63 | 1:113,524 | 8,663 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Norway | 100% | 52 | 1:98,699 | 3,209 |
| Belgium | 100% | 49 | 1:234,491 | 5,334 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:13,204 | 1,194 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 43 | 1:1,271 | 265 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 43 | 1:191,012 | 4,536 |
| France | 100% | 37 | 1:1,796,496 | 10,992 |
| Uganda | 100% | 36 | 1:1,137,692 | 18,725 |
| Denmark | - | 35 | 1:161,414 | 3,904 |
| Greece | 100% | 34 | 1:321,604 | 5,247 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Belize | 100% | 28 | 1:12,654 | 1,726 |
| Israel | 100% | 26 | 1:323,189 | 7,892 |
| Liberia | 100% | 26 | 1:169,695 | 6,327 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 26 | 1:278,339 | 3,780 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 24 | 1:234,482 | 4,595 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21 | 1:5,911,639 | 22,154 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Peru | 100% | 19 | 1:1,673,234 | 18,385 |
| Barbados | - | 17 | 1:17,046 | 1,367 |
| Panama | 100% | 17 | 1:229,797 | 8,406 |
| Chile | 100% | 16 | 1:1,100,450 | 9,633 |
| Finland | 100% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Oman | - | 15 | 1:273,911 | 3,812 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 15 | 1:2,013,460 | 35,361 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:131,653 | 1,603 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Argentina | - | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Palestine | 100% | 4 | 1:1,137,514 | 4,137 |
| Russia | - | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Roweña (3) & Rowéna (2) are calculated separately.
Rowena (285) may also be a surname.
Rowena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this name seems to originate with Geoffrey of Monmouth, who gives it to the d. of Hengist, wit': whom Vortigern fell in love. It may be Old English Hrōðwyn, a compound of hreod ‘fame’ and wine ‘friend’. Scott used it for the Saxon heroine of Ivanhoe, and Rowena (like Cedric q.v.) came into use as an occasional christian name as a result of the popularity of that novel.
Originally Rhonwen, which in Celtic signifies ‘white skirt’—a startlingly early anticipation of ‘a bit of skirt’, for the first Rowena was ‘a daughter of Hengist the Saxon, the unwitting cause of the invasion of England’, ca. 450. The name received fresh life from the Rowena of Scott’s Ivanhoe, 1819, but it is drooping again.
A female name, which some consider to be of Saxon origin. Mr. Arthur derives it from the Dutch rouw peace, Anglo-Saxon rinnan to acquire; but Lye does not so translate rinnan. Others derive it from the Welsh rhonwen, white skirt. Pughe renders rhonwyn ‘white-tailed.’
Celtic (feminine) - The white-necked (?).
A Celtic name, meaning: White-bosomed.
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