Marwan, Merwan or Mervan ( ar, 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 (name), 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 (Reign, 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 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, 9/11 terrorist from the UAE

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 (Reign, r. 685–705) was the Umayyad caliph of the Arab Caliphate. * Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan Umayyad Caliphate, 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

*Minor characters in 24#24: Season 4 2, Habib Marwan, in the TV drama ''24''