Row as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Row

What is the meaning of the name Row ?

The baby name Row is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced ROH (/roʊ/),ROW (/raʊ/).

Row is English in Origin.

Row is a modern English given name with layered roots. As a minimalist word-name, it comes from Middle English row (Old English rāw), meaning “line” or “rank,” and also survives in surnames like Row and Rowe, denoting someone who lived by a row of houses. In contemporary use it most often functions as a clipped form of Rowan or Rowena, giving it additional senses: from Rowan, either “rowan tree” (via Old Norse reynir) or “little red one” (from the Irish surname Ó Ruadháin); from Rowena, the romantic-era revival of a Germanic name interpreted as “fame + joy.”

Usage as an independent first name is recent and unisex, found in Britain, North America, and Australia. Short forms include Ro and Roo; near-variants and spellings include Rowe and Roe, with related longer forms Rowan, Rowena, and Rowley.