Roan, Rohan, or Rowan?

[Fishpond]

Which of the three would you prefer if you had to pick? (If you like none of these, I'd prefer you just didn't comment full stop )

I know Rohan can have different pronunciations, I would most likely pronounce it as a combo of the other two. Roan with a very slight syllable separation I suppose.

Roan I imagine is pronounced as in the horse colour, ie 'road' but with an N?

I like Rowan best out of the 3. Rohan is a bit Riders of Rohan from Lord of the Rings....

Can I add Ruan as option no.4? [bugrin]

Roan

Yes Jan you are correct!
Thanks for the two votes so far

Rowan

Roan is pronounced rhone and is a description of an animal's colour. My dog is roan and tan.

Rohan is a clothing brand. I would pronounce it Ro-Hann. I understand your comment about your pronunciation but lots of people will see the name without hearing you say it so you or your dc will spend a lot of time correcting.

Rowan (pr. rowun) is a lovely name and the correct spelling IMO.

HappyCamel said it all correct.

Hi Fishpond! It's tricky because i think all these have varying pronunciations. I'm lobbying for Rohan as a middle name as it works in India as well as UK- would be Ro-Han/Haan rather than Roh-an pronunciation but as a middle name I doubt it'll be said out loud much.
Rowan seems more unisex as a name, also can be pronounced Row (as in argument)-an. Roan could be either Ro-an or Roan.
So I'd just pick whichever spelling you like but be prepared to correct pronunciation!

Rowan

I love them all. I am particuarly fond of Rohan,when pronounced as Ro-Hann.Great name.That or Roan. I went to school with a lovely Roan.

Love Rowan too,but it's more popular.

You can't go wrong no matter what you choose imho.

There's a Roan at the school I work at, but it's pronounced ro-an, not like the horse colour. I like Rowan, but I tend to think of it as a girls' name, probably due to reading too much Antonia Forest...

Roan would get pronounced like groan without the g. Of the other two I prefer Rowan.

Roan pronounced as the colour is nice - think Gray, Scarlett etc. But I wouldn't automatically say Ro-an unless cued by you. I'd learn though so pick the one you like best :-)

Rowan

I much prefer Rowan

There was a boy in my ds's nursery called Roan (spelt like groan), and I loved the name :)

I like Ro-han but think of Rowan as a girl's name. Live in Scotland tho, where it is more likely to be pronounced Row-an, as in the tree.

Rowan, lovely name for a girl.

Rohan, for a boy.

Rowan- like the tree, boys name round here, tho I have heard of it as a girls names else where.

Roan, I imagine would get mispronounced and misspelt. Rohan reminds me of travel trousers and again gets misspelt and said.

Thanks everyone for the great input! Puzzle go for Rohan for your LO middle name! I did see it's meaning in Indian and it's quite lovely.

I still like all of them but will probably nix Rowan since it's more popular for girls (also why I'm not using Quinn which I equally like). So now between Roan and Rohan, and I like both!! So hard this naming malarky.

Rowan. My cocker spaniel is roan. The man of Rohan are from Lord of the Rings.

Rowan Williams. Rowan Atkinson :) I always think of it as a boys name

Rohan

Rowan, unless you are asian and then Rohan (with an asian accent this spelling sound really nice).