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Is Rowan OK for a girl?

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 17:57

And any ideas for middle names?
(Still undecided on names for the twins...sorry if you contributed to this thread a month ago!)

So far have: Arthur John and Henry Paul if 2 boys

Daisy Kate for a girl
But if it's 2 girls...... Daisy Kate and
Rowan ?

What do you think?

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ChairmumMiaow · 26/08/2009 19:30

although you could also have Rowena - from Ivanhoe -which I think is even more beautiful for a girl

ChairmumMiaow · 26/08/2009 19:29

We have a DS who is Rowan James but think it is equally lovely for a girl Definitely like boat-rowing here though.

Possible second names:

Ellen
Amelia
Alice

dogofpoints · 26/08/2009 19:28

yes yes, lovely

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 19:27

R -ow
Rhymes with pow/cow/now

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dogofpoints · 26/08/2009 19:25

how can you pronounce Row as in argue? Do you mean Rue?

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 19:25

But surely it would be Rowana if it was m/f versions? Like Michael and Michaela?

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dogofpoints · 26/08/2009 19:24

I absloutely love Rowan for a girl (Row-an to rhyme with cow). It's reasonably popula rin scotland.

MrsVik · 26/08/2009 19:24

I love the name! It's so pretty. Maybe balance out the possible androgyny with an extra feminine sounding middle name? Sophia, Lacey, Jasmine...?

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kitkatqueen · 26/08/2009 19:21

Famous Rowans??? What about "The Rowan" by Anne Macaffery. Absolutly fabulous book. Superb name, go for it!

notevenamousie · 26/08/2009 19:16

I think it's a lovely girls name - I know one and she pronounces it Row(as in argue)an rather than Row(as in boat)an which makes it a different name iyswim.

GreensleevesFlouncedLikeAKnob · 26/08/2009 19:12

I love it for a girl

but then I love androgynous names

Thunderduck · 26/08/2009 19:12

I don't like it as a girl's name.

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 18:59

Thanks shubie and magbags.
I knew a (female) Rowan at school but have never met one since then.

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magbags · 26/08/2009 18:48

I know a little girl called Rowan and think it's definetely a feminine name. Good luck with your twins!

shubiedoo · 26/08/2009 18:30

A friend of mine named her daughter Rowyn. I thought it was pretty and not as androgynous.

mollyroger · 26/08/2009 18:26

Ha! See, I quite liked that. But maybe that's more than a little to do with Johnny Depp

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 18:24

Surely not worse than the re-make of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?? The remake was tooooo sinister for words. (But perhaps I should get out more )

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mollyroger · 26/08/2009 18:19

no no forget that version. That version does not exist...it is the worst remake ever

let's go back to names, shall we

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 18:16

Ooooooh. The Wicker Man. I saw the Nicholas Cage version and I was even more disturbed for weeks afterwards.

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MaryBS · 26/08/2009 18:16

Also Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury...

mollyroger · 26/08/2009 18:14

Mamalazarou - it's my fave film

MamaLazarou · 26/08/2009 18:13

The only famous Rowans I can think of are Rowan Atkinson and the character from the Wicker Man (on the fictional Summerisle, all children are named after trees and plants).

As for middle names, how about Rowan Regina? Rowan Marie?

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ZippysMum · 26/08/2009 18:13

Hi Mollyroger,
Glad you like Rowan . I can't believe that with 3 weeks to go we are still agonising over names!
My new Dniece (3 months) has May as a middle name, but I really love Eve. Sounds good with our surname too.

I will add it to the list!!!!

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Remotew · 26/08/2009 18:12

I know a Rowan, she's a grown lady, thought her name was very unusual when I heard it many years ago.

Rowan Eve is a good suggestion.