Theo? Rowan?

[LulaTallulah]

What do people think of:

Rowan and
Theo

as potential boys names? We already have an Olivia and a Matilda.

[paisleyleaf]

We had Rowan on our list, so I like that one

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Theo is ds's name and is fab as is Rowan
I love Matilda btw

[hulabula]

I like Rowan!

Theo/Theodore is ok, but a little dull imo.

[JulesJules]

love Theo, goes well with your girls names (which are Fab)

Rowan is OK, don't like as much as Theo.

[Amanda1977]

My daughter Freya would have been a Rowan had she been a boy. It's Cornish and means "little red head". This would have been quite apt as I am one myself and from a family of gingernuts!

[MrsSeanBean]

My theory is that names which end in 'O' for a boy are all pretty good. Altough Rowan is OK as well. Theo, Bruno, Otto, Leo, Cosmo etc.

Come to think of it, girls' names which end in "A" are all pretty good too, at least those which immediately spring to mind - Anna, Flora, Cordelia, Antonia, Octavia, as well as your two choices OP.

Maybe I have discovered a new rule.

[hockeypuck]

I'm not so much a fan of Rowan. Only because there was a Rowan at my school when I was 7 and he was a nasty weird little thing.

I am biased over Theo - I have a Theo and 3 years on I still love his name. It is unusual (he'll be the only Theo in his primary school) but not too unusual that people don't know how to spell it, what gender name it is or shorten it to something completely different and normal.

I think Mrs SeanBean is right with her theory. Short names ending in O do suit boys

[janeite]

I love both of them - so am no use at all to you!

How about Rowan, with Theo as middle name?

[jellybeans]

I like Theo alot but not keen on Rowan for a boy (love it for girls though).

[LynetteScavo]

Theo plus it goes well with your girls names.

[LadyBiscuit]

I know a Theo and a Rowan - like both of them. Think either of them go with your girls. Sorry, that's entirely unhelpful

[dizzydixies]

both nice but prefer Rowan with your girls names

[yummytummymummy]

My little boy is called Rowan, I think its a lovely name (obviously!) and we got the idea from a bagpipe tune my husband plays called the 'Rowan Tree'. We also like Rowan Atkinson (fabulous in Oliver!)

[flowerybeanbag]

Rowan is gorgeous.

[biased emoticon]

[phdlife]

I like Theo pronounced the Dutch way (Tay-oh) but that's just me.

[donandpea]

I love the name Rowan. We said it for us too but with our sername it sounds very silly