Rwan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RWAHN
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Rwan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Rwan come from?
Uncertain; possibly a Kurdish name or a variant of Rowan
Is Rwan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rwan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rwan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Rwan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Rwan of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Rwan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
Names like Rwan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdulrahman, Faizan, Abdurrahman, Abdirahman, Saifan, Abdur-Rahman, Rayyan, Muhammad, Zayd, Raheem, Yazan, Zayaan
Names related to Rwan
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, “Rwan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rwan, updated 20 October 2026.