Provan Family History
Provan Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Glasgow so called from Middle English provend prebend ‘land providing revenue for a holder of religious office’ (Old French probende prebende Late Latin praebenda ‘supplies things to be supplied’). The place was name for a prebendary of Barlanark a canon of Glasgow cathedral.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022