How would you pronounce Rowenna?

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I love it but worry she would spend a lifetime correcting everyone.

Do you know any?

I would say Row ee na.

However it does make me think of kettles.

Row en na

Row ee nuh

Row-enna.

The "enna" bit being how you would pronounce McKenna.

Rowena would be row-eena, with the "eena" bit being the same as in the word hyena.

Row (as in row your boat) ee na.

I really like it.

Roh enna

(So, row as in a row of things, not row as in argument!)

Also, no, I don't know any Rowennas/Rowenas, but my best friend is an Edwina and despises it because it gets shortened to "Wee" by everyone (as opposed to the obvious Ed/Eddie). Also, the fact that it has the word wiener in it, essentially...

I only know one who is about 40 and from the Phillipines.

Row-enn-ah

Row enn er
I know a Rowenna but no Rowenas.

Row_enna

Rowena is row-ee-na

Love the second one

How can it be row ee nah? There is only one e? Surely it has to be a short e not a long ee?

Roh-enn-ah

It's the name of my best friend's daughter, she is 15. Fwiw I don't think she's ever had any major trouble with pronunciation.

Oh actually my neighbour is Rowena too, she's in her 60s so its a name of all ages to me.

Hmm, it does look like she'd be correcting people constantly.

It's Rowenna with two 'n's, hence the Row-enn-uh pronunciation.

Ro-WENN-a

I know a Rowena which is Ro-WEE-na. Love the shortening Ro!

Row-en-ah.

Same as Morwenna.

Surprised that anyone would think that's an 'ee' sound.

I would say Row-enna but know people who would say Row-eena. So yeah, lifetime of correcting people

The lack of phonics instruction in UK schools in the 80s and 90s shows up in these threads (though I know lots of names have idiosyncratic pronunciations).

Rowenna is Roh-enn-uh. Rowena is Roh-ee-nuh. The final 'uh' is the unstressed vowel known as a schwa.

Rowenna is Roh-enn-uh. Rowena is Roh-ee-nuh

Like this ^^

Rowenna is gorgeous, I prefer it to Rowena.

I would do a double take as I'd think it was a typo for Rowena. I'd say Ro-wenna. It's pretty.

Ro-wen-a. Rowena would be row-ee-na. I much prefer Rowenna.

Ro-en-ah

Ro -een-ah would have only one 'n'.

I'd say Row-ennuh. Double n shortens the vowel but she'd probably end up correcting people who don't read it properly. My DSis Jenna is forever called Jemma

I've met a few
3 syllables
Row E ( long e) nah