How would you pronounce Rohan?

[Fishpond]

Like Rowan or would you manifest the H?

And if you do pronounce the H, is it Ro-HAWN or Roe-HAN? I would assume when pronouncing the H you put the accent on the second syllable?

Eep. I like the look of the name and wonder what most people would initially view it to be pronounced as.

I've known three Rohan's at DS's school and they are all Rowan in pronounciation.

Really don't like Roe-han, sounds clumsy. Rowan is much nicer and flows better.

I know several of each of all ages.

i find it weird that many people say "there's no W, why pronounce it Rowan??"... fact is, when you have two syllables RO and AN (soft H), it's inevitable that a W sound appears to connect the two. That's just how pronunciation works. Otherwise you'd mush the two middle syllables together and say Rone/Roan.

I know only one Rohan, who pronounces it Rowan (Roe-wun).
I think the hard "H" is less prevalent, but there will always be people who assume it's a hard h and will say Roe-hann.

I know a boy with this name, with the "r" pronounced. The family are originally from the Indian sub continent (via Uganda, then Kenya, I believe). So I always assumed it was an Indian name. But it seems you can say it either way.

I thought it was pronounced like Rowan but softer. Like Roe-an rather than emphasis on the w IYSWIM

If the family looks 'run of the mill English' I'd assume some slightly OTT like of Lord of the Rings and pronounce 'Ro-Han' with the 'a' like barn not like Han Solo). If I thought there was no Lord of the Rings connection I'd ask how to pronounce :)

Ro-han - there's a boy in my son's class called this, and he's the only one I've ever come across, so I may be biased because of that.

If you wanted it to be pronounced Row-an, I'd just go with Rowan to avoid confusion.

I would pronounce as Rowan but clearly there are two views. If you want it to be Rowan then I would spell it with a 'w' at least then everyone will pronounce it correctly. If you want it to be Roe-han then I think you might be correcting a few people along the way

I'd pronounce it as Roe-han, but if you want people to pronounce it as Row-han maybe change the spelling? I think its a nice boys name, different but not crazy different :-)

Rohan is pronounced with a silent h, just like Rowan.

An Indian friend has a son Roe-Han and the h is not silent.