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Roan? Roan cannot be a real name.. can it? :s

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PamShoo · 28/08/2014 13:13

Hello - first post here, I feel nervous haha!

Pregnant with first DC - had a dream (I knowBlush) about a red headed boy with the name Roan?! Confused
Mentioned it to DH this morning - not as a suggestion, more along the lines of 'weird dream' conversation - he is considering it as a name.. says it sounds like a nice name to use.. I on the other hand cannot possibly believe it is an actual name?!

Is it? I can't use it for DC, can I..?
I think I know the answer to this next question but-- what would you think if you heard a child with this name?

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trixymalixy · 29/08/2014 15:26

Roan is a lovely Celtic name. I know of a couple of boys called Roan, here in Scotland.

Jbck · 29/08/2014 15:22

I know two Roans both boys, both pronounced row ann. Quite like it and if he was redheaded very apt.

BigfootFiles · 28/08/2014 22:46

He did have a red-headed phase though...

squoosh · 28/08/2014 22:42

Well, he won't gather any moss.

BigfootFiles · 28/08/2014 22:41

Roan Stone? Hmm

Only1scoop · 28/08/2014 22:18

It's a horsey colour ....

AlleyCat11 · 28/08/2014 22:18

Sharon Stone has a son called Roan. That's the only time I've heard the name.

Eve · 28/08/2014 22:16

I have a Roan pony... You can have bay roan, blue roan, strawberry roan...

Marcipex · 28/08/2014 22:10

I know one boy called Rowan but seven girls. So I see it as a girls name, it's a pretty little flowering tree.

BigfootFiles · 28/08/2014 20:11

In my first pregnancy, I had a dream I gave birth to a dark-haired boy called Lukas. When DC1 was born, she was blonde and a girl. Just saying. ;)

florascotia · 28/08/2014 20:06

Ron is Scottish Gaelic for seal, also. Ronan= little seal (Rohnn, Rohnan - not ROW)

Roan is based on a Germanic word meaning Raven.
www.behindthename.com/name/roan

Rowan is from the tree, or from an Irish surname, pronounced Roo-awhn
www.behindthename.com/name/ruadha10n

Ruadh is Scottish Gaelic for Red, and is pronounced approx 'Roy' (as in Rob Roy - Scotland's Robin Hood)

perfectview · 28/08/2014 16:10

I am a woman with Rowan as a middle name.

Mostly people think I have a boys name though.

squoosh · 28/08/2014 16:07

Yes Roan (or rón) means seal in Irish. There's a film I'm sure called the Secret of Roan Inish, about an island of seals.

TotleighTowers · 28/08/2014 15:57

I think it's a lovely name but would probably spell it Rowan or Rohan.

Rowan feels more feminine than masculine to me but I think that is just because the few Rowans I've met have all been women.

Apparently Rohan can also be a Scottish version of Rowan, as well as a Hindu/Sanskrit name.

GlaceDragonflies · 28/08/2014 14:04

Oh, and Rowan - the ones I know pronounce it Row-en and Row-an.

GlaceDragonflies · 28/08/2014 14:03

All of the Rowans that I know are male. I know a Rohan, his name was chosen because it's Irish - I've no idea if it is, that is what his mother told me.
Roan reminds me of a strawberry roan horse.

bauhausfan · 28/08/2014 14:02

I think it's lovely. Your dream sounds cool. Any chance of the baby being a red-head?

thekitchenfairy · 28/08/2014 14:00

Rowan is a Celtic name and in Cornwall often spelt Roan or the variant Ruan.

I love it-- so much that Ds2 has it (he is Rowan) and never had negative response to his name.

If you like it....go for it!!

nomdemere · 28/08/2014 13:57

I think your dream is telling you that you are having a little red-head! I am usually very anti made-up names, but I rather like this one :)

Laquila · 28/08/2014 13:55

I'd think you'd used a variant of Rowan and would probably think it more likely to be used for a boy, spelt that way. I really like it, however you spell it!

All names were man-made, at some point or another ;)

snice · 28/08/2014 13:52

(waits for RowanMumsnet to appear)

Chennai · 28/08/2014 13:47

I know three boy Rowans. Never met a girl one.

dinkystinky · 28/08/2014 13:44

Rowan and Rohan are really names (celtic and hindu respectively)

WanderingTrolley1 · 28/08/2014 13:39

I've heard of Rohan.

atticusclaw · 28/08/2014 13:38

Honestly? I'd think you can't spell Rowan.