Rohan - pronunciation?

[Mum2Pea]

I know this has been done before but have a specific question

Am expecting mixed race half indian / half white DC this week.
We both love the name Rohan if we have a boy.

With regards to pronunciation, would you pronounce it so that the Han is rhyming with Dan / Fan or as in rhyming with pun/gun

DH and i are concerned it would be pronounced with a harsh A (like ham) rather than a soft a (like the middle a of Adam) - would it be the bane of our DS's life to have to explain how it should be pronounced the indian way?

thanks!

I have one in my class...I say it like fan and so do all the other kids and staff. However, at parents' evening I rapidly realised I was not saying it all like his parents do! I have a normal (ish) first name spelt in an unexpected way, which has been the bane of my life. Perhaps teach your son not to mind if someone says it wrongly?

Or alternatively hope for a girl!

I know one, pronounced Rowun.

I have only ever know it be pronounced ro-un.

It's a lovely name, btw.

I know a Rohan whose name is pronounced Row-Han (like ham). He is Sri Lankan. He probably will spend his life explaining how to pronounce it, but lots of people do and it's not so bad. We have a really unusual surname which everyone mis-pronounces but we're used to it.
The people that matter (his family and friends) will say it correctly and other people only tend to need to be told once.
A lovely name

Out of nosiness interest, what are you going to name a girl?

Lovely name

I would expect to pronounce in Ro(wh)-un (to rhyme with fun), unless I found out you were a huge fan of Lord Of the Rings, in which case I would expect it to be Row-han (to rhyme with man)

And dd's best mate is called Caoimhe - pronounced Kee-va. Gorgeous name. Her mum just wrote on all the starting school forms both the spelling and how to pronounce it, which seemed like a very sensible plan. Although obviously not a technique he could carry into adult life

I'd say it Ro-Han, like the outdoor brand. Sorry. Would never occur to me to say it the other way. I'd use the Welsh spelling (Rowan) for the other pronunciation.

I'd say Ro-Han too, rhyming with fan.

Row-han .......as per the clothing shop

I'd say Row - Han, rhyming with Dan. So, yes, I think my first guess would be pronouncing it with the hard a, sorry.

Sister in law has a Rohan (in Australia, married to a man with Indian family). Pronounced Row-han (rhyming with ham) there.

I know two Row-han s, although both are forrin.

I know a 5y male Rohan. His parents are Indian and they live in England. They pronounce his name as Row-han.

I've known 2 Indian (but born/grown up in the UK) Rohan pronounced Row -han (rhyming with Dan). But when said fast it does start to sound a bit like Rohun imo most names ending in 'n' do think, Karen, Ellen, Aaron etc

And its a great name

I know one, pronounced Ro - han (link hand without the d)

i'd have gone Ro-han, as in the riders of.

Great name, the name of a West Indian cricketer. I also know one definitely Ro-un like the tree Rowan.

My sister is Rohan, pronounced ro-un

That's interesting clemetteattlee. I know one boy Rohan and six female Rowans, one mine.

My friends youngest son is Rohan but she says it like Owan. They are also Indian.

Gosh didn't know it could be a girls name too!

It doesnt matter how you pronounce it. The child will end up with it pronounced in the local accent. My ds1 has a beautiful arabic name, but he cant pronounce his own name. :S drives me potty. but its partly my fault, coz we usually just call him by a shortened version at home. (e.g danny for daniel sort of thing)