Is Rowan OK for a girl?

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And any ideas for middle names?
(Still undecided on names for the twins...sorry if you contributed to this thread a month ago!)

So far have: Arthur John and Henry Paul if 2 boys

Daisy Kate for a girl
But if it's 2 girls...... Daisy Kate and
Rowan ?

What do you think?

Is Rowan pronounced

Row (as in Cow)-an

or

Roa (as in row a boat)-an??

I love Rowan, I wanted it for dd1 but dh vetoed it. We went with Willow in the end

But Rowyn will be pronounced Ro-win, not Row-an. Why on earth would you do that? Why take a reasonably straighforward name and make it more complicated? [baffled emoticon]

When dp and I were very young and discussing our future children we agreed on a dd called Rowan. 20 years later when we actually had a dd to name he reneged on his promise. Dirty rotten deal breaker that he is!

Another Antonia Forest fan here - I love it for a girl, though there was a boy with that name in DD's class, but he was always known by his middle name.

Doghaspoints - 'row as in argue' is referring to the sound of the synonym, not the -ue sound.

Yes. I always thought of it as a girl's name TBH. When my parents had a house in Mull it was called 'Ach na Caorann' which means Field of Rowans and their fishing boat was called Rowan. I love the trees and I love the name. But DH refused for all our DC