how would you pronounce Rowan

[Mumoftwox]

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

Row your boat, regardless of girl/boy.

I know I thought the same too! every doctors app etc they are saying it wrong awk well people will get used to it

Row your boat

Row as in boat or even like ROman?

@Mumoftwox Guessing that that the Ro as in boar adds a whole divergent dimension again - Roar-an maybe? Complete with a really big roar

lol trust me to make that spelling error and probs send the world into uproar

Row-an

Row as in cow.
It’s the Scottish way of pronouncing it and that’s where I am.

Row to rhyme with Cow an

Or How Now an

Row (boat) un

I have a Rowan in my class and Row rhymes with cow. I'd always thought it came from rowan as in tree which rhymes with cow iyswim

As in boat .

My son is called Rowan. In Scotland it is said to rhyme with 'cow-an'. In England it is 'row-an'.

In Scotland we have Rowan trees (cow). In England you have Rowan trees (row).

The rowan tree is pronounced to rhyme with cow-an. But as a person's name I've only ever heard it to rhyme with low-an.

Rowan tree isn’t necessarily pronounced to rhyme with cow-an. That’s a variant pronunciation. It’s valid, but the other way is more common and is the first pronunciation in the dictionary.

There’s distinct Scottish and English pronunciation of the tree- so also he name.

Row -as in row a boat- Un

I know a male and female Rowan and both pronounced that way.
I love the name, especially for a girl.

Row your boat

To row (argue) an

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

This. Where are you? Sounds like you've picked the pronunciation which doesn't fit your region.

Interesting. I pronounce both the name and the tree as in row your boat. I had no idea it could be pronounced another way and don't like it as much like that.

I'd assume Roan to have one syllable and would instinctively pronounce the H in Rohan (I have met someone, I think Indian, with that name pronounced with the H).

My 12yo is Rowan, as in row your boat. I am aware that in Scotland the name is usually pronounced to rhyme with cow.

Rohan I would pronounce slightly differently, still rhyming with row your boat but with a soft h instead of the w.

If I saw Roan I wouldn’t be sure- my instinct would obviously be to rhyme it with moan and loan, but I would wonder if the family meant it to be like Rowan or Rohan so I would ask.

Rowan (row your boat) for a boy.
Rowan ( as in cow) for a girl.