Rowan?

[deptfordgirl]

Thoughts on this name for a boy. Is it a bit feminine?

But Rowan Atkinson and Rowan Williams are men.

Great name for boy or girl

We liked Rowan, but were put off by a uni friend having a female Rowan while I was pregnant. I still think it's a more masculine name, though. We called DS Euan instead.

It is far more commonly used as a boys name, although this may be changing. ONS figures for 2015 have it at 105th for boys and 468th for girls.

Thanks for your feedback. I still love it, I just didn't want it to be one of the names that is predominately female, like Hilary or Stacey, by the time he's 50! I guess we can't know that though! Jude seems to be doing fine for a boy though and that used to be more of a girl's name.

Rather girly, as it's a girls name.
Rohan is the boy's name.

I know it's so similar but I'm not keen on Rohan at all.

Rather girly, as it's a girls name

It's not. It was originally a boy's name (taken from the surname) and is given to 5-6 times as many boys in the UK as girls every year. It is a boy's name.

I think of it as a girls' name, a cousin of mine was given it for a middle name way back in the 70s, there also female characters named Rowan in the film 'The Wicker Man' and Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches books. So going back quite a while. It's also a tree, as in the name Willow, and most plant names seem to be feminine.

Of course I know it can be masculine too, as in Rowan Atkinson and Rowan Williams, but I prefer it for girls.