Given name · Persian
روان
“what has created a wide room for itself”
روان (rawān) is a feminine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ravân.
Meaning & origin
What it means
روان goes back to Proto-Iranian, meaning “what has created a wide room for itself.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
روان comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
روان’s family of names
In Persian usage, روان has a later derivative in Рауан. In Persian usage, روان can be written in the Roman alphabet as ravân. In Persian usage, روان can be written in the Roman alphabet as rawān.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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