Corin or Rowan

[themammy73]

Just looking for some responses on either Corin or Rowan for a baby boy. I have posted on here before about both names and these are the two we are down to! I'm more for Rowan and DH likes Corin more. I am concerned that as they are both unisex names the child could be assumed to be a girl! Would welcome your thoughts and preferences. Many thanks.

Rowan is much nicer

Rowan.

Much prefer Corin.

I like Corin. The fact it's unisex wouldn't put me off.

I love rowan for a boy or a girl, but it's on my girls list and I'm worried about it being thought of as more of a boys name!!

Rowan. Great for a boys name bit for a girls name imo

Ooh, thought this was a girls name thread!

Corinne for a girl, but definatly Rowan for a boy!

PS I love Rowan for a girl, I think its lovely.

I wanted to call DD Rowan but we DH and I knew a Rowan at school (boy) and DH didn't like him. (He was a nob)

Rowan is lovely. Corin is too like Corrinne.

Rowan is a beautiful name

The first people who spring to mind are

Corin Redgrave
Rowan Atkinson

rowan

Rowan! Oooooh it's so lovely!

Like them both, but would probably tend more towards Corin. How about Corbin? (have probably suggested that before)

Torin is nice too (there's a broadcaster called Torin Douglas, isn't there?)

Oh I love them both.

Had totally forgotten the name Corin. Does anyone remember Cor and Corin from A Horse and his Boy (CS Lewis)?

Rowan

Though I loved horse and his boy, I can't help thinking Corin is like Colin, pronounced wrong ...

Corin.

Rowan for a boy

Corin sounds more of a girls name

Thanks so much to all of you for commenting. I can see the discussion goes the way of my own house! I am worried about Corin being mistaken for Corinne, which someone mentioned here, otherwise I think it is a lovely name too and wondering whether to overlook that and be a bit daring anyway! Hard too as I like Rowan so much as well. Decisions, decisions. We'll have to see which one he looks like when he appears. Many thanks again.

Corinne is female, Corin is male. Confusingly, I read that there's a Big Brother Jordan-a-like contestant called Corin, who is female.

Brilliant alexisfaith! Oh dear. I think Corinne (the female version) has ended up a myriad of spellings, both legitimate and created! My niece went to school with one spelt Koren but that's probably a whole other thread....

TBH I did think this thread was about a baby girl, but probably because I've not known boys with these (unisex) names.

Personally I think i prefer many unisex names for girls over boys. I don't see as much of a problem with girls names sounding a little stronger/masculine than I do for a boys name sounding/being regarded as more feminine.

Rowan is on our list if we have a boy, but probably only as a middle name due to the boy/girl thing, which is a shame. Do you know anyone with an ambigious name - you could ask them if it is really annoying.

Both are lovely names. Are you and your DH the type of people who wouldn't have minded having an ambigious name?

Corin has never sounded girly to me - just makes me think of Corin Redgrave. I really like it and I don't usually like more unusual names. Rowan is nice but I never know if you're meant to pronounce it in a Scottish way or not.

I really don't like Corinne or Corinna as a girl's name, so I have no idea why I like Corin so much!