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Rowan-Lee

Gender
Boy
Say it
ROH-an-LEE
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
Style
New arrival

Rowan-Lee is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little red one + clearing, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Rowan-Lee mean?

Irish: Rowan + Lee

“little red one + clearing, meadow”

Joins Rowan (Irish, “little red one”) and Lee (English, “clearing, meadow”).

Meanings borrowed from Rowan and Lee.

Is Rowan-Lee a girl's or a boy's name?

Rowan-Lee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rowan-Lee in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 333% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Rowan-Lee, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2023Busiest: 6 in 20232025
Rowan-Lee in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20236#3,279

Names like Rowan-Lee

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Rowan-Lee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rowan-lee, updated 20 October 2026.