Rowan for a boy..

[rainbowdroplets]

What do you think of Rowan for a boy?

I didn't realise it was unisex, always thought of it as a boys name.

My 2 year old son is called Roan

I prefer it for a girl. I know a couple of young Rowans who are both girls (and both Scottish).

It's okay, but prefer it for a girl.

all it connotes to me is beardy bishops talking obscurely in druids robes.

Love it. I wish I'd used it for DS and would definitely have used it if we'd had another.

Rowan is one of those names that to me is completely gender neutral (ie I imagine River as a boy, Bailey as a girl etc).

It’s a really sweet, wholesome name.

I think of it as a girls name but only because the Rowan's I know are girls, so it sounds very feminine to me. It's unisex really though but that depends on country. The American statistics show the name is really increasing in numbers for girls in America so I suspect parents will get wind and stop using it for boys over there; we shall see!

I'm sorry to hear you're stuck in a name rut @rainbowdroplets . Baby names are hard, just postpone your appointment if you can't decide in time. Your baby will be none the wiser and I'm sure it'll be a nice story when older. When there's so many lovely names to pick from, I myself would avoid Rowan and all of the Ro_an names. Partly due to massive sudden rise in popularity but I also would worry about my son being teased if he had the same name as a girl in his class or on TV (I know I know- Rowan is a unisex name. Please no one attack me, I'm just being honest. Girls with boy names are apparently cool but boy with girl names are apparently not)

@FluffyEggsontoast I think we've been through every name in the book!

My husband loves Caleb, Tobias and Orlando.
I hate all of them.

I like Frankie, Zachary and Albie, although the baby in eastenders is now called Albie so that's massively puts me off that one!

@rainbowdroplets so difficult to pick when you have different names you love. Sending positive thoughts.

Now you've got opinions from people about the name 'Rowan', why don't you start a whole new thread totally leaving/'parking' that name for now (to potentially come back to later) and just say something like:

"Different tastes, cant agree, help!

My husband loves: Caleb, Tobias and Orlando.
I hate all of them.

I like Frankie, Zachary and Albie (although the baby in eastenders is now called Albie so that's massively puts me off that one)

With those in mind, any suggestions for names we both might like? I feel like we've been through every name"

Maybe you'll get some good options or will at least have tried and can then go back to your original lists.

I love it for a boy or girl.

I have a little boy rowan and I love it. I've never met another, Male or female. This was the only name me and my husband could agree on too! x

No, it makes me think of The Wicker Man. Not a positive connotation.

I always think of Rowan as a girls name, maybe as the Anne ending sounds feminine to me

It doesn’t have an Anne ending

The stress is on the first syllable and the “a” is a schwa sound.

It’s a lovely name. The only male ones I know are Rowan Atkinson and Rowan Williams (both English) The ones I know in person are female (all Scottish) There is also a pronunciation difference, but I don’t k ow of this is a male/female or English/Scottish thing. There is Rowan to rhyme with toe, roe, mow, and then Rowan to rhyme with cow, how.