female NAME · CURRENTLY #4441

Rowena

roh-WEE-nah

“Usually interpreted from Old English elements as “famous friend.””

A literary feminine name associated with Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe.

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How Rowena has traveled through time

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LATEST YEAR202532 births
PEAK RANK#429in 1893
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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