Quick poll - you hear of a baby called Rowan, are they...

[PegLegAntoine]

A boy or a girl? What would you assume first?
Thanks!

I would assume they were friends with Bailey.

I don't think Rowan is so common that your dad would be referred to as 'girl-Rowan' to differentiate her from 'boy-Rowan' in the same class / group though.

This is one of my favourite names.

I think it's lovely for both.

Girl

I would assume it was a boy but I've recently met a little girl called Rowan. Works for both I think now

I know a male Rowan and a female Rowen...pronounced the same but I assumed (wrongly judging by this thread) that the -en was a female version of the name.

The names Rowan and Rowena have different origins. Rowan is the standard spelling for either sex.

I'd also think it was pronounced with an 'oh' for a boy and an 'aow' for a girl. Lovely name, but if it was for a girl I think row (as in have a row)-an is much prettier.

Boy.

boy

or a tree

I know one of each. Lovely name and suits both of them.

I know a 40 year old woman and a 6 year old called Rowan (Roe-an).

I also know a 5 year old girl called Rowan (Row-an).

It could be either (I know 4 Rowans - 2 male, 2 female). I prefer it as a girls name.

Boy is my assumption yet the only one I know is a girl.

Boy.

Boy, because I only know one & he's male.

I know one of each! But my head says girl.

Either

boy

Girl - it's my friends DD1's name

Girl

Girl. which reminds me, I haven't watched Wicker Man in ages

Girl.

Both the Rowans I know are girls.

A boy, for sure.

I haven't met a female Rowan so that may cloud my opinion but I definitely see it as a boy's name with the female version being Rowena. Never thought of it as unisex. Dislike unisex names anyway!