# Rohan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,494

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

## Easily confused with
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-ron)
- **Ryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-ryan)
- **Rosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rosa)
- **Roma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-roma)
- **rona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rona)
- **rota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rota)
- **royal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-royal)
- **roman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-roman)
- **rosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rosen)
- **rowan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rowan)
- **Ronan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-ronan)
- **Rohit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rohit)
- **Rojas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rojas)
- **ronin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-ronin)
- **Rouen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-rouen)
- **Roxas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-roxas)
- **Romans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-romans)
- **Roland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-roland)
- **romano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-romano)
- **Romani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rohan-vs-romani)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orhan`, `rhoan`, `roahn`, `rohann`, `rohhan`, `rohna`, `rrohan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rohan