Rohan is both a given name and a surname. It has multiple origins, including Arabic, Persian, Indian, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and Japanese.
In Arabic, it means "spiritual." In Persian, Rohan means good character and piety. In Sanskrit and Hindi, it means "ascending" or "ascent" and is a name of Vishnu. In Gaelic, Rohan is a variant of the name Rowan, which can mean red, red-haired, or rusty. In Japanese, it is an uncommon name, meaning "accompanying dew" and may be given either as a nom-de-plume or to a fictional character.
The later European surname is derived from Rohan, a commune in the Brittany region of France.
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Rohan Amerasekera (1916–1974), first native Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
Rohan Bewick (born 1989), Australian rules footballer for the Brisbane Lions
Rohan Bopanna (born 1980), Indian tennis player
Rohan Campbell (born 1997/1998), Canadian actor
Rohan Davey (born 1978), Jamaican-born American football quarterback
Rohan de Saram, British-born Sri Lankan cellist
Rohan Dennis (born 1990), Australian racing cyclist
Rohan Gavaskar (born 1976), Indian former cricketer
Rohan Gunaratna (born 1961), Sri Lankan terrorism expert
Rohan Jayasekera (cricketer) (born 1957), cricketer who represented Sri Lanka and Canada
Rohan Jayasekera (writer) (born 1961), British journalist and advocate for freedom of expression
Rohan Jones (born 2001), Canadian football player
Rohan Kanhai (born 1935), Guyanese cricketer
Rohan Kōda (born 1867 as Shigeyuki Kōda), Japanese writer
Rohan Marley (born 1972), Jamaican businessman, Bob Marley's son
Rohan O'Grady (1922–2014), pen name of Canadian novelist June O'Grady (Skinner)
Rohan Pethiyagoda (born 1955), Sri Lankan taxonomist
Rohan Ricketts (born 1981), English footballer
Rohan Sinanan, Trinidad and Tobago politician
Rohan Sippy, Indian film director
Rohan Smith (born 1973), Australian rules footballer
Rohan Suppiah (born 1982), Malaysian cricketer
Surname
Alexander J. Rohan (1911–1985), American labor union leader
Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (c. 1580–1642), Huguenot leader
Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise (1715–1787), peer and marshal of France
Denis Michael Rohan (born 1941), Australian who attempted to burn down the al-Aqsa mosque in 1969
Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (1725–1797), Spanish Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
Enda Rohan (born 1929), Irish chess master
Gary Rohan (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1683–1760), also called Chevalier de Rohan, an opponent of Voltaire
Henri, Duke of Rohan (1579–1638), French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots
Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan (1669–1749), French aristocrat
Jack Rohan (1931–2004), American college basketball player and coach
John Murray Rohan (1889–1960), Australian sports journalist.
Jiří Rohan (born 1964), Czechoslovak and Czech slalom canoer
Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan (1734–1803), prince de Rohan-Guemenée, archbishop of Strasbourg
Lukáš Rohan (born 1995), Czech slalom canoeist
Fictional characters
Prince Rohan, the hero of Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince trilogy of fantasy novels
Rohan, a character in the novel The Invincible
Rohan, a character in the television series The Legend of Korra
Rohan, a character in the television series The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
Rohan, a character in the video game Destiny 2
Rohan Kishibe, a character in the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, and main character of its spin-off Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Rohan Kumakura, a minor character from AI: The Somnium Files
Rohan Singh, a major character in the Disney sitcom Best of Luck Nikki