Given name
Rawan
“psyche; soul; spirit”
Rawan is a unisex given name from Kurdish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rawan is a romanization of Рауан. Рауан means “psyche; soul; spirit.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rawan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,439
- 5 boys · 1,434 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #3,064 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,064 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,284 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rawan’s family of names
In Kazakh usage, Rawan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Рауан.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rawan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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