Marwan, Merwan or Marwen or Mervan ( 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: Given name 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 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 (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 See also Marwanids (990–1085), Kurdish dynasty Arabic-language surnames Arabic