name
Rowena
roh-WEE-nah
/roʊˈwiːnɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Rowena
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Old English/Welsh (Britain)
- Meaning
- White mane; fame and joy
- Gender
- female
Pronunciation tips
Possibly from Old English 'hrothwyn' (fame-joy) or Welsh 'rhonwen' (white lance/mane); legendary wife of Vortigern in medieval British history; popularized by Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe' (1819); also a character in 'Rob Roy'
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