Baby girl name spelling

[Wishingtobemum94]

I am am having a little girl in June I loveeee the name Rowan for a girl however my husband does not like the W lol so we could go for spelling 'roan' tho I don't want people to pronounce it wrong I still want it to sound like ro-an, how would you say 'roan'?

Rowan is unisex

You could, I suppose, have Roanne to rhyme with Joanne but as the stress is on a different syllable it will sound quite different to Rowan. I would stick with Rowan, personally - lovely name.

Rowena and Rhianna are nice names that are similar..

Rowan is obvious in spelling. I would not confuse it by making up a new spelling.

So called unisex names invariably become female or girls' names over time, because sexism.
see Hilary, Evelyn, Beverley etc.
Very few people give their baby boys a girl's name. I see Rowan going the same way.

I once taught a girl called Roanna. So I guess you could go for Roanne.

Dunno how to reply but to the poster who said Rowans a boys name, if I used to live where I’m from (north England) I would have thought the same but I live in Scotland now and know female Rowans from old ladies to my age to newborns. I’ve met two boy Rowans here and their parents get ‘isn’t Rowan a girls name??’ So it’s safe to say it’s pretty unisex!

I would read Roan as rhyming with loan. I'd keep the w. Rowan is a beautiful name.

Rowan is gorgeous and definitely not just for boys. There was a book I loved as a child with the heroine Rowan. Wish I could remember what the book was called. But anyway, what about Robyn instead?

Roan is a dictionary word pronounced rone.

Roan I would say to rhyme with bone.

A younique spelling is not fair on her, it’s a lovely name but find something else if your husband is going to be this ridiculous

I would pronounce Roan as Rone. I don't think you can pronounce it Rowan without the W.

I'd say Roan to rhyme with bone.

Don't call her Rhian - she'll get called Ree-un, Ree-Anne and Rhian. The name is fine but a bit dated in Wales.