Rowena
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Well, my name is Rowena and my friends sometimes call me 'Wena' which is cool. Some people try and call me 'Row' but I don't really like that...
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Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic name derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wynn "joy".
According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist.
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Rowena Jackson - Prima Ballerina from New Zealand.
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Rowena is a character in the short story "Ligeia", by Edgar Allan Poe.
It was popularized by Sir Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel 'Ivanhoe' (1819).
Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter book series.
Rowena Greene, sister of the main character in Carolyn MacCullough's "Once a Witch"
Duchess Rowena, the villain in "Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses"
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