Rowney Family History
Rowney Name Meaning
from any of various places called Rowney including Rowney Green in Alvechurch (Worcs) Rowney Wood in Debden (Essex) Rowney in Little Munden (Herts) or Rowney in Sawbridgeworth (Herts). The place-names mean ‘(at the) rough enclosure’ from Old English rūh ‘rough’ (dative rūgan) + (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’. from Ó Ruanaidh see Rooney .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016