Thoughts on Rowan

[Nbaby]

Love the name Rowan for baby boy and how it’s pronounced, although is it Irish or very English.
I know google says Irish roots etc but does anyone know a rowan that is Irish or any similar names?

also liking Ronan, Ruadhán

My 17 year old Grandson called Rowan.. so of course l love it. ( He's not Irish).
But l also love Rauri and most of these in the link below.
https://www.baby-boys-names.co.uk/baby-boys-names-with-irish-origin-and-the-initial-r

Ruadhán would be the Irish language version of Rowan, meaning little red-head. I’d see Ruadhán as a boys name, but Rowan quite common for either boy or girl.

I love Ruaidhrí, or Rían.

That doesn't seem to be a very reliable site @Moier. Lots of them aren't. There isn't a fada in sight for a start and that's never a good sign. I'd double-check anything picked from there.

I really like Rowan! I don’t associate it with being Irish that much as it’s used so widely.

Not sure the name Rowan is Irish at all?

Wikipedia says it's possibly North Germanic or Scandinavian but then Wikipedia isn't a terribly reliable source.

As pp said it sounds quite close to the Irish Ruadhán (pronounced Roo-awn) so maybe there's been some crossover (mix-up?) there.

The Irish for a rowan tree is caorthann.

pretty sure its not Irish. But its a lovely name, i really like it! For either boy or girl.

I have only known a girl Rowan- is it usually for boys?

It was on the list for my son. And in fact my cousin then used it for her son. Its a gorgeous name, can be used for both males and females. And not very well used but not wacky either.

@Moier , that site looks like a dodgy one. Rayan is Arabic not Irish, and that's just one name.

Rowan is one of my favourite names for boys. I wouldn’t have said it was Irish though.

I've known two Rowans. Both female (now in their 40's).

I like it.

Boys usually, but can be used for a girl. I think of it as a nature name.

I know 5 yr old Rowan, boy - no Irish connections. Seems a nice name 🙂

I’ve been a couple of baby Rowan’s over the past couple of years with English parents.

I have a ds Roan.
Db Fynn.
We aren't Irish!

I do like Roan for a boy.

Thanks everyone didn’t think it was as any Rowan I know isn’t Irish, not a problem was just wondering love the name though.

Ruadhán is it pronounced as Roo-an?
anyone heard of Ruan ?

I love Rowan!

Ruadhán pronunciation varies a bit with Irish dialect. It's Roo-awn where I live. Like this -

https://forvo.com/word/ruadh%C3%A1n/

I think it's probably more like Roo-an in the North of Ireland though? I know án is pronounced differently there. (You'd need to double-check that as I'm from the south so don't really know Ulster Irish.)

Roo-an reminds me of ruin so I think I prefer Roo-awn 🤔

Ruadhán = roo AWn

Ruan = Rooin (in the middle between ruin and rune, slight emphasis on i sound)

DS2 is Rowan.. He's 26 now and has never met another as it was unusual then
Ruan is a Cornish( I believe) Variant
It means little red one and coincidentally he was strawberry blond as a baby
I also liked Aidan at the time
DS1 also has a Celtic name which then became very popular
We have no Irish heritage.

Ruan was a saint with a church in Cornwall. Cornish isn't closely connected to Irish and Scottish. Ruan isn't Cornish for Rowan.

I only know girls named Rowan.
I thought I knew a boy called Rowan but it turned out to be spelt Rohan.

Too popular. It's the middle class slightly-hippy name du jour.

Thanks everyone maybe Ronan instead ?