Marwan

Where Marwan comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْوَان (marwān).
— Wiktionary's entry for Marwan
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #4,065 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #2,277
    18 babies named Marwan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,926.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.