Irish: variant spelling of Rowan.English (of Norman
origin): habitational name from Rouen in Normandy. In Scotland the
name is also derived in part from any of several places named Roan in
the Borders and Strathclyde. There was also a medieval female personal
name Roana, which may have given rise to some examples of the
surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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