Rohan (first name)

Rohan is a male name .

Origin and meaning

For the first name Rohan there are u. a. the following three different origins:

1. Scottish: a variant of the first name Rowan , which is derived from Ruadhan "the red".
2. Indian: from Sanskrit रोहण (rohana) "rising", "rising"
3. Old Germanic: meaning “active”, “effective”, “kind”.

Name bearer

• Rohan Machanda Bopanna (* 1980), Indian tennis player
• Rohan Dennis (* 1990), Australian track and road cyclist
• Rohan Marley (* 1972), Jamaican musician
• Rohan Ricketts (* 1982), English football player
• Rohan de Saram (* 1939), British cellist
• Kōda Rohan (1867-1947), Japanese writer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Comments on Rohan at behindthename.com (English)
2. ↑ Rohan at behindthename.com
3. ↑ Rohan at Franz Canzler "The German first names and surnames ethymologically derived and explained" (1836), Chapter A. "Old Germanic names", page 111