Marwan

Marwan, Merwan or Marwen or Mervan (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:

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, 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