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Robyn, Raphaëlle or Rowan?

59 replies

Lucasboo · 27/01/2023 18:52

Girls names beginning with R (tradition here of naming with initial of grandparent. For a girl so far
Robyn (Robbie)
Raphaëlle
Rowan
Rain
Ruri (Japanese name not Irish)
Romy
Reva

Any others apart from Rose

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Helpnoname · 28/01/2023 09:25

my favourites are Romy or Robyn (although prefer the Robin spelling)

YouJustDoYou · 28/01/2023 09:14

TheOriginalEmu · 28/01/2023 01:13

It’s not an L either. It’s a sort of midpoint between the two.

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It's not. It's as I said, hard L. Japanese mixed race family here.

CallieQ · 28/01/2023 01:18

Raphaelle Rain and Ruri awful
Romy and Rita best

TheOriginalEmu · 28/01/2023 01:14

Blufelt · 27/01/2023 22:24

Why would you give a British child a name with an umlaut in it? Bizarre if you have no connection to any country which uses umlauts in its language. And why would you add an umlaut to a French/Hebrew name anyway, when those languages don’t use umlauts?

How do you know the OP doesn’t have a connection? Or that they’re even in the U.K.? Or her husbands heritage?

CallieQ · 28/01/2023 01:14

Rowan is a boys name

TheOriginalEmu · 28/01/2023 01:13

YouJustDoYou · 27/01/2023 22:41

Just to say, the Japanese name wouldn't be pronounced as an "r" sound. It's sounded out as an "L" so would be completely wrong pronounced the incorrect western way.

It’s not an L either. It’s a sort of midpoint between the two.

YouJustDoYou · 27/01/2023 22:43

It would sound like you had a weird speech impediment if you pronounced it the "R" way. Romanization of Japanese has, for some reason, always translated that sound wrong. We were always taught "it's a hard L sound, never an R". Sorry to be pedantic.

ncedforthisone · 27/01/2023 22:41

Just to let you know that the letter ë is not acknowledged in the English alphabet. You can register it in a birth certificate, but you would need to transliterate it to e for passports, insurance, etc. We are in this situation with one of our kids' names (bi-national household), and it has been a recurring annoyance.

Rowen32 · 27/01/2023 22:41

Why would you turn Robyn into Robbie? Robyn is a beautiful name but Robbie - boy over and over.
Raphaëlle - way too frilly..
Rowan to me is a boys name..

YouJustDoYou · 27/01/2023 22:41

Just to say, the Japanese name wouldn't be pronounced as an "r" sound. It's sounded out as an "L" so would be completely wrong pronounced the incorrect western way.

Yika · 27/01/2023 22:39

Raphaëlle is lovely (and this is the way it would be spelt in French).

this is my favourite from your list. It’s very unusual and yet a recognisably classic name.

What about
Rania
Raquel

Hbh17 · 27/01/2023 22:32

Robyn (but not Robbie - why would she need a nickname?).
The only Rowan I know is a boy!

SaorsaSolasta · 27/01/2023 22:28

Rhea/Rhia/Ria
Ruby
Rhona/Rona
Rue
Rhoda

DamnAllTheJellyfish · 27/01/2023 22:26

Robyn is my fave from your list, was on my list of girls names but I don't like the nickname Robbie for a girl, it doesn't seem unisex to me.

Blufelt · 27/01/2023 22:24

Why would you give a British child a name with an umlaut in it? Bizarre if you have no connection to any country which uses umlauts in its language. And why would you add an umlaut to a French/Hebrew name anyway, when those languages don’t use umlauts?

MrsSkylerWhite · 27/01/2023 22:16

Rowan is lovely.

LittleCactus · 27/01/2023 22:15

Robyn

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 27/01/2023 21:55

Robin for me. Then Romy. Then Reeva. With those spellings.

Lcb123 · 27/01/2023 20:48

I wouldn’t give ‘Raphaëlle’ in the UK-seems pretentious and no one will spell it right. Romy and Rowse are lovely

KirstenBlest · 27/01/2023 20:48

I like Rita. Seems assertive and fresh.

LimitlessSky · 27/01/2023 20:46

Robyn (Robbie) - I don’t like this for a girl.

Raphaëlle - too fancy. Depends where you live i think.

Rowan - no.

Rain - I really like this

Ruri (Japanese name not Irish) - I don’t like it

Romy - I like this.

Reva - I’ve not heard this one before

Flaunch · 27/01/2023 20:37

I like all of them except Raphaëlle and Robyn, although I love Robin. I also like Rita.

Pjmasksonrepeat · 27/01/2023 20:21

Robyn was on our list but we ended up with a DS.

How about Roxanne with the nn Roxy?
Or Ruby?

DuchessOfSausage · 27/01/2023 20:18

Rachel

TheOriginalEmu · 27/01/2023 20:11

Reece is nice
Romilly
Roisin