Given name
Roann
“a woman with reddishbrown skin”
Roann is a variant of Roana. One Spanish interpretation is “a woman with reddishbrown skin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roann is a variant of Roana. One Spanish interpretation is “a woman with reddishbrown skin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roann is a variant of Roana. An origin associated with Roana is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Roann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 238
- 0 boys · 238 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 294 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.
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.
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