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English word origin

Etymology of Rohan

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A surname from Old French. · A male given name transferred from the surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

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Source etymology 2

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A male given name from Sanskrit, of mainly Indian usage.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from the present participial of Sanskrit रुह् (ruh, “to ascend”).

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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Source etymology 3

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name

A surname from Japanese.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

A romanization of Japanese 露伴 or ろはん (Rohan).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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