Meaning and Origin
What does the name Roan mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Roan means "The gift of god. that is what they say about people with these name" and is of English origin.
- Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse."Give my roan a drench." [Shak.]
- Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
Etymology: F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano ruano, It. rovano roano
- The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
- A roan horse.
- A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
- A horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
- A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
- (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey ("a roan horse")