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Rowan

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curiousgeorgie · 09/09/2014 19:40

Is this a boys name or a girls name?

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CherryPie3 · 12/09/2014 12:53

Yaaay! :)

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curiousgeorgie · 12/09/2014 12:51

I did ask, this Rowan is a girl! Rapunzel doll it is Wink

Thanks everyone!

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CherryPie3 · 12/09/2014 12:32

I only know boy Rowans... Very pretty for a girl as well though.

Go neutral with the gift, definitely :)

Sophronia · 12/09/2014 02:30

It's both. I prefer it for a girl though.

TsukuruTazaki · 12/09/2014 01:12

I think more likely boy but get neutral present

Daddypigsgusset · 11/09/2014 22:16

Did you ask op?
I love it for a girl. I never knew it was so popular. Sounds too feminine to be a boys name to me

Marcipex · 11/09/2014 20:43

Excellent TzuByTwo

Good choice :)

TzuByTwo · 11/09/2014 18:25

We have picked Rowan for our baby-in-progress. We chose it for a girl, as that is what we have been told twice they reckon baby is, but it will work for a boy as well if there is a last minute surprise, which is good as I'm rather firm that this is a Rowan.

Marcipex · 11/09/2014 13:42

My DD is Rowan but I'd never heard of Rowan Atkinson or for that matter the Archbish of Whatserbury when I chose it.
I named her after a little girl I'd met in Scotland as a child.

It's also a little flowering tree.

I know one boy called Rowan, and eight girls including mine. Three of those are Rowan Elizabeth.

cherrybombxo · 11/09/2014 13:35

Also, the English person I know pronounces her name "roh-wen" but I'm Scottish and it's pronounced "row-en", as in to row/argue with someone. Hmm.

cherrybombxo · 11/09/2014 13:33

My friend's DNephew is a Rowan and she is constantly defending the name ("Rowan Atkinson is a man!") but I know three female Rowans and would always say it's a girl name.

sashh · 11/09/2014 10:00

It's both. Sorry.

Marcipex · 10/09/2014 22:52

I know one boy and eight girls called Rowan.

Pico2 · 10/09/2014 22:21

What are the different pronunciations?

ButternutBosc · 10/09/2014 22:20

I only know a boy rowan, spelt Roan. I love the name and would be naming my baby Roan but dp is too fussy and said no. Clearly I'm still bitter about it...

duvetfan · 10/09/2014 22:16

The ones I know are girls. Different pronunciation for girl's Rowan and boys Rowan where I live.

TinklyLittleLaugh · 10/09/2014 21:40

The old Archbishop of Canterbury is definitely a boy.

itsnothingoriginal · 10/09/2014 14:19

I only know boys called Rowan but very hard to tell these days!!

zippey · 09/09/2014 21:40

Rowan is the name of the little girl who goes missing in The Wicker Man.

MrsBungle · 09/09/2014 21:28

I know girl and boy Rowan's. I'd get a unisex present too.

forago · 09/09/2014 21:28

lol at your daughter, cute :)

I know 3 Rowans - all boys

spelt:
Rowan
Roan
Rohan

Not much help to you I know

RabbitOfNegativeEuphoria · 09/09/2014 21:25

It's a girl's name. As all the Kingscote aficionados know. Just like Lawrie.

Ouroboros · 09/09/2014 21:22

My DD is Rowan, she had a party and got a Spiderman T shirt as a present. The mum was embarrassed as she'd thought it was a boy's party but DD loved it!

Pico2 · 09/09/2014 21:22

The 2013 baby name lists from the ONS shows that Rowan is used quite a bit more for boys than girls (I can't remember the actual figures).

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curiousgeorgie · 09/09/2014 21:19

Good idea, i'll hang back and ask the teacher tomorrow, just in case Rowans mum hears me!

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