how would you pronounce Rowan

[Mumoftwox]

would you pronounce it as in row your boat
or row as in cow

Row (your boat) An

I have a Roan...
Ds loves his name. Less /no pronunciation of the 'w'..

Row-your boat
Then more of an ‘un’ sound

Many little Rowans near me hey called “Row” as in Row your boat

I also know a couple of little Rohan’s (pronounced same). Getting very popular.

Or Rowan’s near me get called RoMan by accident quite a lot as RoMan getting really popular in UK now because of a famous YouTuber and radio personality. On current growth trajectory RoMan will be top 10 in UK soon. A couple of years ago there wouldn’t have been a mix up as both names used to be fairly rare.

• get not “hey”!

The little Rowan’s near me are often called by their nickname “Row” which sounds same as “Roe”

Use this graph if you’re interested in growth statistics

names.darkgreener.com/#roman

I know a girl called Rowan and she pronounces the 'row' the way you'd pronounce cow

Not exactly like I'd say Roan. When I say Rowan there is definitely a w sound, although barely discernible, that isn't there when I say Roan. Roan, to my ear, is one syllable, but Rowan is two...very subtle though.

Row your boat Un

Row as in row your boat

Row (as in row your boat) an

Oh, also, never heard it pronounced row to rhyme with cow, only ever heard it pronounced row to rhyme with throw.

Row your boat in England, Row to rhyme with cow in Scotland.

Row rhyming with how now brown cow for a girl.
Row a boat for a boy.

Like the English person in this link:

Museumum I've never thought there was a different way of saying it for girls and boys. I actually prefer it for a girl but would pronounce it Rowan (row your boat). Interesting...

Row-un (as in row your boat)

Boat

row-n

row as in row your boat.

thanks everyone my little boy is called Rowan (row your boar pronunciation) but crazy the amount of people that call him Rowan as in cow I am in Scotland though!

Row your boat for both girl and boy.

Row as in cow. am Scottish and imagine that most Scottish people would do the same? That’s my natural pronunciation anyway, but I also prefer that sound as Roan sounds unpleasant to me.

Row your boat

How strange @Mumoftwox !! Never heard it mispronounced in England! Just gets substituted for the wrong name - RoMan or RoNan!! 🤣
I’m sure people will get used to your name and start pronouncing it correctly soon x

I'm Scottish and have only recently met girls called Rowan to rhyme with cow. Haven't met any boys named Rowan (I was a teacher).

Out of interest, is a rowan tree pronounced as roe-an in England as well?