Rowena
ro-WEE-na
Welsh
"white spear or famous friend"Rowena Origin and Meaning
The name Rowena is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "white spear or famous friend".
A fabled storybook name via the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe (1819), which featured a heroine called Rowena of Hargottstanstede, and also a Harry Potter name, as Rowena Ravenclaw, founder of one of the Hogwarts houses.. Rowena has some old-fashioned charm, though most modern parents seem to prefer Rowen. Pronunciation, however, is NOT like Rowen with an a at the end, but with a long e and an emphasis on the middle syllable.. She was on the popularity list until 1963, several years in the Top 500.
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Rowena in Pop Culture
- Rowena of Hargottstandstedecharacter in "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
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