A sibling for Rowan

[Naschkatze]

Baby number 2 due in December.

We've got a decent shortlist for girls including:
Evelyn (too popular?)
Seren (too similar sounding to Rowan?)
Amelie
Alexis nn Lexie (I'm not 100% on this one...)

For boys we are really struggling to find things we both like again. I like names such as: Noah, Jonah.
DH hates the "uh" sound at the end of names. He really likes Callen/Celyn at the moment but I think they are too similar to Rowan. We have very few names on our maybe list for boys!

What should Rowan's little brother or sister be called?!

(Apologies if all formatting gets lost on this - newly converted to Android and it seems to do funny things on the app!)

We had Rowan on our shortlist for baby no 3 (for a boy). We ended up with a girl but looking at your list you already have girls names sorted. We have a Robin (DS) - so you may like that.

I really love your girls names (with the exception of Alexis)
Seren would be my number one pick!

Really like Callan for a boy. (Nothing wrong with Jonah or Noah, but I prefer your DH choice)

Jude
Elias
Elliot
Marcus
Toran
Tarran
Maxwell
Caden
Alban
Kieran
Ezra
Jordan
Miles
Luca (does have the 'uh' sound though)
Lucas
Lewis
Mitchell
Conrad
Troy
Murray
Blake
Luke
Jake
Kenzie
Jacob
Alexander
Sebastian
Hugo
Leighton
Cooper
Lincoln
Hudson
Arlo
Alistair
Zachary
Corbin

I know a couple of little ones called Celyn and I quite like it (it may be more popular here than most places because one of the local towns is called Trecelyn in Welsh); I think of it as a girls’ name, although I know both boys and girls called this. I Think seren goes fine with Rowan.

Thank

• I have no idea where that random ‘thank’ came from?!

Amelie is really pretty, my choice for a daughter. Callan and Jonah are nice, too. I don't like Celyn for a boy. I think I favor Callan but not sure about it with Rowan.

Suggestions:
Bram
Abel
Abbott
Abner
Alec
Asher
Barrett
Burt
Blaise
Brant
Cade
Caleb
Carl
Carlisle
Chance
Chandler
Charles
Chazz
Clay
Daniel
Damek
Harold
Harris
Willis
David
Dominic
Douglas
Dwight
Dudley
Redmond
Elliot
Edmund
Edwin
Leland
Hank
Haskell
Hershel
Hoyt
Hubert
Robert
Rupert
Ivor
Issac

Finley
Jonas
Lionel
Felix
Fergus
Elias
Jasper
Xander
Dominic

Thanks for all the suggestions. I also really like Robin but we don't want to go for another R and it's already used in the family.

Agree about Alexis, I like the name but not sure I can imagine naming a baby it!

I do like Callen, just not sure about it with Rowan.

@shadow1234 I love lots of your suggestions, particularly Jude, Elias, Ezra, Luca. Unfortunately most have been vetoed by DH!
Also like Torran and Tarran but similar reservations about them sounding so similar to Rowan.

Didn't know Celyn could be a girls name, although admittedly we only added it to the list the other day. It's lovely. I think I prefer it to Callan with Rowan.

@sungara I like Charles from your list (so much we named our cat this before the baby days!!) Also like Elliot, Isaac and Caleb but DH doesn't.
Likewise with Finley, Jonas and Felix!

Not sure where the gin came from in my previous message!!

Jesse
Arthur
Magnus
Quinn
Torin

Hazel
Alice
Vera
Faye

Peter
Giles
Nicola
Virginia
Ann
Lawrence
Karen

We also liked Christopher (Kit), Inigo and Isaac. DH liked Henrik and Brian. We have a Joseph but that doesn't have the same vibe as the names you've suggested.

I like Quinn and Torin Icklepup. Not entirely sure how it would be pronounced though. T-or-in (like oar)?

I have Isaac on my list too, DH not keen.

If Evelyn is possibly too popular then Amelie definitely is. It blends into the hordes of Amelias.
Really like Alexis and Seren.

Christian
Anthony
Lachlan
Emmet

Love your name choices, I know one of each of the girls including one is my name though so biased!

I think Seren and Rowan are a bit too matchy

Lexie or Alexa are better than Alexis which I'm not keen on. Or go for Alexandra nn Lexie

Amelie is very pretty and one of my favourite girls names.

Boys names I love Noah likewise my dh didn't like it.

Ideas (these were our boys name list)

Ezra
Elliot
Jude
Theodore
Teddy
Arlo
Luca

Seren and Callen are lovely!!!!!

How do you pronounce Callen? I've only seen Caelan before. Which I think does go nicely with Rowan.
Evelyn is lovely for a girls name and not too popular at all.

Jago

Of all those boys names above Rowan & Jude leapt out at me for some reason.
I love Evelyn but you will then get the whole Ev-e-lin / Evlin / Eve-lin pronunciation thing tgat is oft debated on here. I often wonder why Sylvie is never used now and it is similar.

That's interesting Raven. It seems, Evelyn is super popular round here but I've never met at Amelie and only 1 or 2 Amelias.
Really like Lachlan and Emmett. DH vetoed Lachlan and not sure about Emmett.

I like the idea of Alexandra Gilmore. There's an Alexander in the family which is why we weren't using that one. Going to run Arlo past DH!

@rainbowstardrops I think so too! But would you put them with Rowan?

Both my daughters names are on your list!

Depending on where you live, Seren is very popular.

Emmett is really lovely too.

Arlo was one of our top choices our son was very nearly Arlo we also struggled with husband vetoing everything I liked!

You have very good taste Toasty

Annoying isn't it Gilmoregal! Apart from Callen, he hasn't offered any suggestions of his own either!

I love your name choices.
Alexis stands out as it's less on trend. It's cool and strong, I would shorten to Alexi.
Amelie - beautiful but very trendy (it's on my list but I'm concerned about popularity with all the Amelias and Emilys too)
Evelyn - nice but a bit overdone with all the Evies, Eves etc. I like Everly
Seren - don't have strong feelings

I also have a DS with an R name similar to Rowan and these are on my list and think go with Rowan
Hazel
Coralie (lovely nn's Cora and Coral)
Esme
Posie
Skye
Willow

Boys I struggle with too and have
Otis
Arran
Finley
Zachary
Aiden
Owen

Good luck!

Oh these things definitely depend a bit on regional popularity OP, but overall I'd say Amelia/Amelie are very 'now' names and definitely to avoid if popularity isn't something you want.

When I opened your thread Carina came to mind btw, so will suggest it in case you like it.
Boys names: Wyatt, Spencer, Micah, Malachi, Tobias, Fintan, Patrick, Logan, Lorcan, Tristan, Rhys, Levi, Austin, Joel, Emrys, Reyad, Judd.

@Naschkatze yes I'd definitely say your names would be fine with Rowan.
Lovely names!