Rowan?

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Came across this today and looking for opinions please?

My eldest daughter (21) is Rowan 😊

Erm sorry...it's not a unisex name. It's a male name that people now use for girls too.

Love it,my favourite name.

I know a female Rowan who's in her late 50s. To me it will always be a girls name. I think its beautiful for a girl but because of that it seems rather effeminate for a boy. Not generally keen on unisex names !

I like it, does make me think of The Wicker Man film.

Like it for a girl I meant to say.

DS1 is Rowan. Love it!

It’s the name I’ve chosen for my baby boy expected v soon (spelt Roan though)

Love it! On my shortlist if this baby is a boy.

I love it, never thought of the Mr Bean connection!
I like it 'Ro Han'.

Thank you everyone. Think I’m going to add it to the list (If you can call a piece of paper with ROWAN written on it a list,that is?) despite the Bean/Girl/Archbishop issues it’s still appealing to me

I don't like it. I have known two girls with the name but am not keen.

I have a second cousin called Rowan - the only one I've ever known. Never have associated it with a girls name.

I like it - more for a boy than a girl but nice either way!

Love it, I know an English boy and girl Ro-an and a Scottish girl row (like argument) an .

Another question, what kind of girls names would you say ‘match’ Rowan?

Like it. One of very few truly unisex names (i.e. which work equally well for a girl and a boy, although I think I prefer it for a boy).

Nature names - Holly, Hazel (although it would perhaps be a bit much). Strong, short and not overly flowery names - perhaps Erin, Lucy, Eve, Clara, Anna.

It's a gorgeous name for a girl or boy. I wish we had used it for DS2.

I like it pronounced to rhyme with how not hoe (more usual pronunciation in Scotland until Rowan Atkinson got famous). I think of it as a nature name so (other) girls' names that feel similar are things like Hazel, Fern, Briony.

Love it for a boy or girl.

I only like it for a girl.

I teach a Roman who I (secretly) really really like. He’s a bit of a rebel/teenage grump but in a one to one situation is a really nice kid! I’d happily call my kid Rowan but DH vetoed it (and so many other names, both being teachers is a nightmare)

There is always Rowena, which apparently has completely different roots from Rowan, but sounds quite similar.

Rowan makes me think of Marlow, Morrison and Atkinson in that order. I prefer it to Rowena.

I know several Rowans and two are girls.