# Marwan

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| meaning         = 'Solid stone' from ''maruww'' ('flint') used to make fire in ancient times<br>'Strong lion'<br>'Leader'
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'''Marwan''', '''Merwan''' or '''Marwen''' or '''Mervan''' ({{langx|ar|مروان|Marwān}}) is an Arabic male given name derived from the word ''maruww'' ({{lang|ar|مرو}}) with the meaning of either minerals, '[flint](/source/flint)(-stone)', '[quartz](/source/quartz)"' or 'hard stone of nearly pure [silica](/source/Silica_Mineral)'. However, the Arabic name for quartz is ''ṣawwān'' ({{lang|ar|صَوَّان}}).

The name is also the name of a type of [genus](/source/genus) of the herbal plant [basil](/source/basil). 

Variants include '''[Merouane](/source/Merouane)''', '''Marouane''' and '''Marouan''' (influenced by French spelling). Feminine forms of the name include '''[Marwa](/source/Marwa_(name))''' or '''Marwah''' and '''Marwana''' or '''Marwanah''' ({{langx|ar|مروانة|Marwānah|label=none}}).

Notable persons with these names include:

==Given name==

===Marwan===
*[Marwan I](/source/Marwan_I), Umayyad caliph (r. 684–685)
*[Marwan II](/source/Marwan_II), Umayyad caliph ([r.](/source/Reign) 744–750)
*[Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa](/source/Marwan_ibn_Abi_Hafsa) (d. 797), Abbasid-era poet
*[Marwan ibn Abi al-Janub](/source/Marwan_ibn_Abi_al-Janub), 9th century Abbasid poet
*[Marwan (rapper)](/source/Marwan_(rapper)), Danish-Palestinian rapper Mohamed Marwan
*Marwan Abdelhamid (born 2000), known as [Saint Levant](/source/Saint_Levant), Palestinian singer-songwriter and rapper
*[Marwan Ali](/source/Marwan_Ali), Tunisian pop singer
*[Marwan Barghouti](/source/Marwan_Barghouti), leader of the Palestinian group Fatah
*[Marwan Charbel](/source/Marwan_Charbel), Lebanese general and politician
*[Marwan Dudin](/source/Marwan_Dudin) (1936–2016), Jordanian politician
*[Marwan Hamadeh](/source/Marwan_Hamadeh), Lebanese politician
*[Marwan Hamed](/source/Marwan_Hamed), Egyptian film director
*[Marwan Kassab-Bachi](/source/Marwan_Kassab-Bachi) (1934–2016), German painter of Syrian origin
*[Marwan Kenzari](/source/Marwan_Kenzari), Dutch Tunisian actor
*[Marwan Khoury](/source/Marwan_Khoury), Lebanese artist
*[Marwan al-Muasher](/source/Marwan_al-Muasher), Jordanian politician
*[Marwan al-Shehhi](/source/Marwan_al-Shehhi) (1978–2001), Emirati terrorist and 9/11 hijacker

=== Merwan ===
*[Meher Baba](/source/Meher_Baba), (1894–1969), Indian spiritual leader born Merwan Sheriar Irani
*[Merwan Rim](/source/Merwan_Rim), French actor and singer-songwriter
*[Merwan ha-Levi](/source/Merwan_ha-Levi), 11th-century philanthropist of Narbonne

==Surname==
*[Ashraf Marwan](/source/Ashraf_Marwan) (1944–2007), Egyptian businessman

== Tribal groups ==
* [Banu Marwan ibn Wada'a](/source/Banu_Marwan_ibn_Wada'a), a clan of the Juhaynah tribe of Banu ‘Akk

==Ibn / Bint / Abu==
* [Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan](/source/Abd_al-Malik_ibn_Marwan) ([r.](/source/Reign) 685–705) was the [Umayyad](/source/Umayyad) caliph of the [Arab Caliphate](/source/Arab_Caliphate)
* [Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan](/source/Abd_al-Aziz_ibn_Marwan) [Caliphal](/source/Umayyad_Caliphate) governor of Egypt for 685 to 705
* [Bishr ibn Marwan](/source/Bishr_ibn_Marwan), Umayyad provincial governor.
* [Aban ibn Marwan](/source/Aban_ibn_Marwan), Governor of Palestine under Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik
* [Ubayd Allah ibn Marwan](/source/Ubayd_Allah_ibn_Marwan) Army commander
* [Muhammad ibn Marwan](/source/Muhammad_ibn_Marwan), son of caliph Marwan I, Governor of Caliphal province of Armenia and Father of Marwan II
* [Asma bint Marwan](/source/Asma_bint_Marwan), a medieval Arabian female poet (7th century)
* [Ibn Marwan](/source/Ibn_Marwan), chieftain in the Al-Andalus (9th century)
* [Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan](/source/Ubayd_Allah_Abu_Marwan), general in the Al-Andalus (8th/9th century)

==Fictional characters==
*[Habib Marwan](/source/Minor_characters_in_24), in the TV drama ''24''
*Nawal Marwan, in the 2010 film [Incendies](/source/Incendies)

== See also ==
*[Marwanids](/source/Marwanids_(Diyar_Bakr)) (990–1085), Kurdish dynasty
*[Banu Marwan](/source/Banu_Marwan), [Umayyad](/source/Umayyad_dynasty) Arab clan 

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Category:Arabic-language surnames
Category:Arabic-language masculine given names
Category:Moroccan masculine given names
Category:Turkish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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