Rohan

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rohan is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name45K records spelled Rohan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Rohān, Rohán

• French given name12K records spelled Rohan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, India, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Rohân, Rohàn

• Spanish given name7.9K records spelled Rohan8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Rohán, Röhàñ, Röhän, Röhân, Röhåñ

• Indonesian given name7.7K records spelled Rohan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Rohàn

• Portuguese given name3.0K records spelled Rohan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, India, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Rohãn, Rõhãñ

• Finnish given name935 records spelled Rohan4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Rôhäñ, Röhäñ

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rohan is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Sanskrit: ‘ascending’, also used to mean ‘healing’ or ‘medicine’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, An East Indian timber tree.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• sandalwood

  as a name·A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

• In Hungarian, to rush, to hurry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 93 years between 1914–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rohan de Saramb. 1939GBSri Lankan musician (1939–2024)
• Rohan Marleyb. 1972JMSon of Bob Marley
• Rohan Nicholb. 1976AUAustralian film actor
• Rohan Bopannab. 1980INIndian tennis player (born 1980)
• Rohan Rickettsb. 1982GBEnglish association footballer (born 1982)
• Rohan Dennisb. 1990AUAustralian racing cyclist
• Rohan Campbellb. 1997CACanadian actor
• Rohan Browningb. 1997AUAustralian athletics competitor
• Rohan Sippyb. 2000INIndian film director
• Rohan Chandb. 2004USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 734 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rohan?

We estimate roughly 28 thousand people bear Rohan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Rohan have the most bearers?

Rohan is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled rohan.

Where is Rohan most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rohan is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.2 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Rohan compared with other names?

In Guyana, Rohan is the 53rd most common given name of 22,162 given names recorded there.

Is Rohan a male or female name?

Rohan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Rohan mean?

Recorded meaning: from Rohan (Morbihan); first attested Alan de Roham 1190 P (Sf)