Rowena (first name)
Rowena is a female given name.
origin
Rowena is a Latinized form of the Old English given name Hrodwyn. Hreod means “ fame ” and wynn “ joy ” or “ luck ” (cf. German “delight”).
The name Rowena is also a Celtic given name and means "the slim and beautiful".
variants
Variations are: Rovena, Rowina
Well-known namesake
- Rowena as a real person
- Rowena Morse (1870–1958), American theologian, was the first woman to do her doctorate at the University of Jena in 1904
- Rowena in Art, Literature, and Mythology
- Rowena Ravenclaw from the novel "Harry Potter" by JK Rowling
- Lady Rowena from the novel Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
- Lady Rowena Trevanion by Tremaine from the story Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
- Rovena, daughter of the Germanic warrior prince Hengest
- Rowena MacLeod from the Supernatural series
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The small first name book" by Horst Naumann, Gerhard Schlimpert and Johannes Schultheis; ISBN 3-323-00175-3