Given name · also Germanic
Rowenna
“one who is fair and slender”·“having much fame and happiness”
Rowenna is a variant of Rowena. Interpretations include “one who is fair and slender” and “having much fame and happiness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rowenna is a variant of Rowena. Interpretations include “one who is fair and slender” and “having much fame and happiness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rowenna comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Germanic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rowenna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 0 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 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 7 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rowenna’s family of names
Rowenna has a related form in Rowena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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