Rowan - a couple of questions.

[cairnterrier]

Rowan - do you think that this is a girl's name, a boy's name or unisex?

Would you pronounce it Roe-an or Row-an (row to rhyme with cow)?

Thanks.

I know two Rowans, one male, one female. Nice name, pronounced like boating row!

I like it a lot. It's DD's MN. I see it as totally unisex though.

Roe-an.

Roe-an. I'm English. I'm also GUTTED as it was #1 on my boys list but my DP's sister's sister has just used it. Bit much to expect my (much loved) SiL to have two nephews called the same name

I know of a female Rowan (as in Cowan) who lives in Scotland.Didn't realise that was the norm up there.

Love the name Rowan and was desperate to use it for DS but DH wouldn't hear of it- we ended up compromising with Owen! I think it's unisex and for a girl like the more Scottish pronunciation.

I am English, I have a Rowan DD, pronounced Row- as in rowboat.
I used to play with a little Scottish girl, that is where I heard the name. She was definitely a Scot, and her name was pronounced as some people are saying is the English way.
So confusing.
Anyway, this was 1979 and we had never heard of R Atkinson, and there was a different archbishop too.
We only knew 2 Rowans, the little Scots friend and my DD, for years. Then it became more popular, we now know several Rowans, all girls, and one male Rowan toddler.

I'm Scottish and would consider it a girl's name and pronouce it Row - an (like cow or now) I know 3, all of which are girls, and all pronouced Row-an. One 50ish, one 36 and one 2 years old.

However due to Rowan Williams and Rowan Atkinson I probably use the Roe-an pronouciation for a boy.

DS1 is Rowan, as in boat, we are English.

I also used to know a woman called Rowan, pronounced the same, so definitely unisex. Becoming more popular I think but DS1 is 4.5 and we've yet to come across another one.

I would see it as uni-sex but more male than female. Would consider Rowena as the female version. Would pronounce it Roe an.

Row(boat)an. Lovely name. (But not keen on Row(rhymes with cow)an at all).

I'd think a boy first of all, but wouldn't be surprised if it was a girl iyswim.

Am English.

Row-an (rhymes with cow) as in the tree, I'd say for a girl spelt like that and I'm Scottish. I know a little boy called Roan and a Rohan both pronounced Row as in row your boat.

its a unisex name surely? I know a couple of boys called rowan, no girls though

i would pronounce it roe-an like the tree

Rowan as in argument for a girl, Rowan as in boat for a boy.

I'm Scottish

Boys name.
Pronounced Roe-an

'i would pronounce it roe-an like the tree'

But I pronounce the tree like row as in argument too

I'm English and my dd is called Rowan, we say row like the boat. Is an unusual name where we live although now she's at nursery there is a boy called Rowan in her class which is slept and pronounced the same

Slept?! Or even spelt, darn autocorrect!

I know 3 female Rowan's all pronounced row like the boat.
2 are English and 1 is Scottish.

Roe-an and I've only ever known one and she is now a teenager.

I love it though would say it's def unisex. I nearly chose it for my DS but wanted something that was most definately masculine.. (already have 3 DD's!) My eldest DD has two female friends called Rowan but it's also widely used as a boys name. :)

I would say row(as in boat) so Rowan like the tree or the archbishop of Canterbury.
I think really a boys name (Rowena is the feminine?) - but personally I think its really pretty and would use it as a girl, named for the tree.

...or as in Mr.Bean (I can think of a lot of adult men called Rowan and no adult women)

Girl

Row as in row your boat, not row as in cow.