Female name
Rowena
389 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1997. Expression number: 4.
Origin
From the name of the daughter of Hengist and wife of Vortigern in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century pseudohistorical Latin work Historia regum Britanniae. There have been attempts to connect it to some unattested Old English or Common Brittonic name, but without any real evidence. It was revived after Walter Scott used it in his novel Ivanhoe (1819). Some places are named after Lady Rowena in the novel.From Wiktionary, entry “Rowena”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1997: 45 births. 389 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s. It is still given: 31 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1917: 224 births. 10,526 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1960s. It really came into use around 1885. It is still given: 189 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1974: 17 births. 198 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
4
work, structure, stability
9 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 1 = 31 → 4
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
6 + 5 + 1 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 5 + 5 = 19 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.