Rohan

Where Rohan comes from

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rohan
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #3,935 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Rohan Bopanna born
    Indian tennis player
  3. 1990
    Rohan Dennis born
    Australian racing cyclist
  4. 2004
    Peak, #480
    522 babies named Rohan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name from Sanskrit, of mainly Indian usage.
Namesakes
  • Rohan Bopanna · Indian tennis player, born 1980
  • Rohan Dennis · Australian racing cyclist, born 1990
  • Rohan Marley · Son of Bob Marley, born 1972
  • Rohan Ricketts · English association footballer, born 1982
  • Rohan Chand · American actor, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.