Given name & surname
Row
“one who hunts deer”·“a red-haired man”·“resembling a roe deer”
Row is a variant of Roe. One English interpretation is “one who hunts deer.” Row is a variant of Ro. Interpretations include “a red-haired man” and “resembling a roe deer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Row is a variant of Roe. One English interpretation is “one who hunts deer.” Row is a variant of Ro. Interpretations include “a red-haired man” and “resembling a roe deer”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Row is a variant of Roe. An origin associated with Roe is English. Row is a variant of Ro. Ro has been associated with Anglo-Saxon and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2023. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Row through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 0 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 7 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 118 as a first name in 2020; 2,371 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Row’s family of names
Row has a related form in Ro. Row has a related form in Roe. In English usage, Row as a surname has a related form in Rowe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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