Marwan

Mrwan/Marwan/Marouane/Marwen

Pronunciation	Arabic: [marwaːn]
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Arabic
Meaning	Solid stone from marou (flint) used to make fire in ancient times Strong lion Leader

Marwan, Merwan or Marwen or Mervan (Arabic: مروان marwān) is an Arabic male given name derived from the word marū/ maruw (مرو) with the meaning of either minerals, "flint(-stone)", "quartz" or "a hard stone of nearly pure silica". However, the Arabic name for quartz is ṣawwān (صَوَّان).

The name is also the name of a type of genus of the herbal plant basil.

Variants include Merouane / Marouane / Marouan. Feminine forms of the name include Marwa / Marwah and Marwana/ Marwanah (مروانة marwānah).

Notable persons with these names include:

Given name

Marwan

• Marwan I, Umayyad caliph (r. 684–685)
• Marwan II, Umayyad caliph (r. 744–750)
• Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa (d. 797), Abbasid-era poet
• Marwan (rapper), Danish-Palestinian rapper Mohamed Marwan
• Marwan Ali, Tunisian pop singer
• Marwan Ayman, Egyptian basso profondo vocalist and arranger, member of the Bass Gang
• Marwan Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian group Fatah
• Marwan Charbel, Lebanese general and politician
• Marwan Dudin (1936–2016), Jordanian politician
• Marwan Hamadeh, Lebanese politician
• Marwan Hamed, Egyptian film director
• Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934–2016), German painter of Syrian origin
• Marwan Kenzari, Dutch Tunisian actor
• Marwan Khoury, Lebanese artist
• Marwan al-Muasher, Jordanian politician
• Marwan al-Shehhi (1978-2001), Emirati terrorist and 9/11 hijacker

Mervan

• Mervan Çelik, Swedish footballer of Kurdish descent

Merwan

• Meher Baba, (1894–1969), Indian spiritual leader born Merwan Sheriar Irani
• Merwan Rim, French actor and singer-songwriter
• Merwan ha-Levi, 11th-century philanthropist of Narbonne

Surname

• Ashraf Marwan (1944-2007), Egyptian businessman

Ibn / Bint / Abu

• Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (r. 685–705) was the Umayyad caliph of the Arab Caliphate.
• Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan Caliphal governor of Egypt for 685 to 705.
• Mu'awiya ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
• Bishr ibn Marwan, Umayyad provincial governor.
• Aban ibn Marwan, Governor of Palestine under Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik.
• Uthman ibn Marwan, son of Marwan I.
• Ubayd Allah ibn Marwan Army commander
• Ayyub ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
• Dawud ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
• Umar ibn Marwan, son of Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
• Muhammad ibn Marwan, son of caliph Marwan I, Governor of Caliphal province of Armenia and Father of Marwan II.
• Ubaydallah ibn Marwan ibn Muhammad, was an Umayyad prince, son of caliph Marwan II.
• Abdallah ibn Marwan ibn Muhammad was an Umayyad prince.
• Asma bint Marwan, a medieval Arabian female poet (7th century)
• Ibn Marwan, chieftain in the Al-Andalus (9th century)
• Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan, general in the Al-Andalus (8th/9th century)

Fictional characters

• Habib Marwan, in the TV drama 24

See also

• Marwanids (990–1085), Kurdish dynasty