Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic, Indonesian Scripts مروان(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /mar.ˈwaːn/(Arabic) /ˈmar.wan/(Indonesian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Arabic مرو (marw) meaning "flint, pebble, quartz" and also referring to a type of fragrant plant (genus Maerua). This was the name of two Umayyad caliphs.