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How would you pronounce this?

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DaisyP24 · 17/08/2022 22:19

Rowan for a boy.

Row-an like a you've had a row (argument with someone) or ro-an like rowing a boat?

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feliznavidad2 · 17/08/2022 22:19

Like rowing boat...

JimmyShoo · 17/08/2022 22:20

Row as in boat.

Whattodooo90 · 17/08/2022 22:24

Boat

Eixample · 17/08/2022 22:26

It’s pronounced the same way as the tree (i.e row as for a boat).

LoveKingGary · 17/08/2022 22:27

I'd say row like a boat for a boy, row like an argument for a girl (and the tree)

GlassDeli · 17/08/2022 22:28

Row as in boat

Lemonblossom · 17/08/2022 22:28

Boat. It’s a tree

BlackbirdsSinging · 17/08/2022 22:29

Boat

DappledThings · 17/08/2022 22:30

Boat way

JaninaDuszejko · 17/08/2022 22:30

Ro'an the boat. Love the name for a boy, a fab traditional name.

Violettaa · 17/08/2022 22:32

Boat. Deff, for boys, girls and the tree.

Luredbyapomegranate · 17/08/2022 22:33

Row as in boat. It’s the same for boys, girls and trees

itsthesoundofthepolice · 17/08/2022 22:35

I know 2.

One boy pronounced as in row a boat
One girl pronounced as in argument.

pimlicoanna · 17/08/2022 22:36

Boat

DinaofCloud9 · 17/08/2022 22:37

Row the boat.

Plump82 · 17/08/2022 22:43

Argument

Milkand2sugarsplease · 17/08/2022 22:45

Definitely as in boat.

AyBeeCee · 17/08/2022 22:47

I know 2 and they're both pronounced Row to rhyme with Now
That's in Scotland

FayCarew · 17/08/2022 22:48

Row as in row a boat

RuthW · 17/08/2022 22:48

Row (as in boat) - un

Barrawarra · 17/08/2022 22:50

I kind of do both, am in Scotland. Have met both and have a Rowan tree in garden that gets called forth. Lovely name - the trees have a mystical history that I like too.

AppleBottomRats · 17/08/2022 22:50

Row a boat. Like the tree. Or Rowan Williams and Rowan Atkinson if you look up clips with them. Never heard it pronounced row like how.

ColonelCarter · 17/08/2022 23:14

I know several, all pronounced like the boat. Mic of boys and girls. Lovely name.

Joolsin · 17/08/2022 23:16

I've only heard it like boat, for boy, girl and tree.

ButterRose · 18/08/2022 05:10

I think it's mostly in Scotland that it's pronounced Row like 'now' most other places I've heard it it's Row-an as in row the boat