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Girl names like Rowan

25 replies

lee12345 · 14/06/2021 13:34

Hi,

We both love the name Rowan for a boy, however we have found out we are having a girl. I do still like the name Rowan for girl, but I was looking for suggestions of maybe similar sounding names we would like?
Other names we like are
Mabel
Maeve
Piper
Daisy

Thanks!

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/06/2021 13:55

Similar sound and or vibe to Rowan
Rowena.
Rosina.
Rhoda.
Rhonda.
Rosa.
Rosalie
Robin
Linnet
Hazel
Sorrel
Sage
Meadow
Fern
Clover
Maple
Summer
Violet

InnaBun · 14/06/2021 13:58

Meg(h)an
Rohanna
Róisín

Mumdiva99 · 14/06/2021 14:11

Tansy
Bryony

SHB2021 · 14/06/2021 14:26

I think Rowan is a beautiful girls name. Unusual but pretty.
It’s our little boys middle name, but would have been a first name for a girl had he been one!

Cowbells · 14/06/2021 14:30

I like Rowan for a girl. Also Robyn, Rosa, Freya, Lauren, Laurel, Vivienne

MirandaBlu · 14/06/2021 14:36

Arden
Aspen
Eden
Elowen
Gwen
Mirren
Morgan
Morven
Naomi
Romy
Seren
Siobhan
Teagan
Willow

EmmaGrundyForPM · 14/06/2021 14:37

I love Rowan for a girl.

Hazel or Sorrel have a similar vibe I think.

sometimescharlottesometimesnot · 14/06/2021 14:38

Rowan is a great girls name!

VenusClapTrap · 14/06/2021 14:55

Wren
Lark
Nerine

annacondom · 14/06/2021 14:57

Rowan is gorgeous. She was the heroine in a book I had as a child. I wish I could remember the title/author.

CherryonBiscuit · 14/06/2021 15:52

Rowan is nice enough but very much overdone and overused in 2021 especially as RoMan is the fastest rising boy name about to enter the top 50 and Rowan is now racing up the top 100 top for the first time in history too. there's also all the similar sounding names like Reuben. I know at least 5 of each (Rowan Roman Reuben) born on last couple of years having formerly not known any. Sends my head into a spin and has taken the shine off a name that I used to like, although I never liked the fairly inevitable shortening to Row.
If you like Rowan I'm assuming you like "on trend" names that are fast rising in popularity so you might also like Delilah, Wren, Audrey, Ivy, Felicity, Clara or Clementine.

CherryonBiscuit · 14/06/2021 15:55

Other fast rising trendy girl names are Ada and Aria, Luna

FridayFeeling21 · 14/06/2021 16:00

Wren and Robyn are nice for girls.

Mrsjayy · 14/06/2021 16:04

Oh I love Rowan i have only heard it for a girl never a boy I'd just call her Rowan and be done with it Smile

Other names similar I like are Hazel and Willow .

Mrsjayy · 14/06/2021 16:05

The Rowan's I know are both female

Icantthinkofanythingrightnow · 14/06/2021 16:44

My baby girls name is Rowan and to be honest if I'd realised how popular it is, and that Roman with an M is the fastest rising boy name I wouldn't have chosen it. In her small nursery there's 2 Romans my Rowan and the name just gets lost. I thought it was a bit different when I picked it and regret not checking the official ONS charts.
I come across a lot of babies with similar style names - Reuben and so on. I just wasn't prepared. Roman, Rowan Reuben all are top one hundred names and still on an upswing so it's only getting worse.
Well meaning family are already shortening her name to Row which I'm disappointed about as I don't like it.
Just a few things to bear in mind as I do wished I'd checked the name discussion boards before using this name and then I'd have realised the pitfalls. It's too late for me to change it now.

partyatthepalace · 14/06/2021 22:06

Love Rowan but yes, popular...

Robin
Roslyn
Rosen (Cornish version of Rose)
Rowenna (Cornish)
Laurel
Lois
Ines
Linos
Linnet
Frances
Ffion (welsh for foxglove)
Elowen
Jocelyn
Aislinn (Ash-lin)
Lyndal
Brooke
Gwyneth
Gwen(doline)
Eseld (nother Cornish one)
Flora
Esther
Stella
Astra
Aster

GuyFawkesDay · 14/06/2021 22:09

Briar?

Ellmau · 15/06/2021 19:42

I like Rowan for a girl.

OR:

Rowena
Rohana
Damaris
Evelyn
Aster
Ardith
Morgan
Marianne
Regan
Cecily
Rosalind
Jocelyn
Verity
Fleur
Cressida
Alexandra
Mara
Sibyl

ICECream821 · 15/06/2021 19:44

Roxanna
Rosanna
Rosanne
Robyn
Lauren

Edenember · 16/06/2021 11:46

Rowena is one of my current top faves. Beautiful name. But Rowan is lovely too.

tiredanddangerous · 16/06/2021 11:49

Willow
Stella
Laurel

Auntpodder · 16/06/2021 11:51

@annacondom

Rowan is gorgeous. She was the heroine in a book I had as a child. I wish I could remember the title/author.
The Antonia Forest Kingscote books have an admirable Rowan in them.
RainingZen · 16/06/2021 11:54

I love Rowan. Stop looking, it is a perfect name for a little girl.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 16/06/2021 16:04

@Auntpodder Rowan Marlowe is awesome. My childhood heroine

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