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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Corin or Rowan

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themammy73 · 10/06/2010 22:42

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.

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busterk · 13/06/2010 16:48

I love Rowan but i would pronounce it like cow an.
I love it for a boy and like it for a girl.

Rockbird · 14/06/2010 16:05

The pronunciation is different for Corin or Corinne isn't it? Corin is snappier...

Love both names anyway. And you can't go wrong being named after Rowan Atkinson

Rockbird · 14/06/2010 16:06

...although obv I don't think you're naming him after Rowan Atkinson, IYSWIM...

Poohbearsmom · 14/06/2010 16:27

i love Rowan!

toucancancan · 14/06/2010 16:33

Write both of them down with your surname and see which you like best

corinsmum · 20/08/2010 23:12

My son's called Corin, he was born end of last year, I do get an odd remark about it but most people do not think it's unisex. Wouldn't really matter to me if they did anyway. Anyway, highly recommend the name!!!

HeavenForfend · 20/08/2010 23:14

I love them both.

Sorry, that's not helpful.

meadowlarks · 20/08/2010 23:50

Have you thought of Coran? It's pronounced the same and looks less like Corinne.

BuntyPenfold · 21/08/2010 15:26

Rowan is a girl's name!
It was hijacked by Rowan Atkinson's mum who has done the name no favours.
I know 4 Rowans, one mine, all over 25, and all girls.

JuicyLips · 21/08/2010 15:35

The Rowan's I know are all boys. I love the name Rowan.

BuntyPenfold · 21/08/2010 15:40

What ages are they juicy?

JuicyLips · 21/08/2010 15:50

one of them is 4 and one two are 24/25 and 26 (both were in our sixth form as one of them repeated a year) and older one still close friend of my sister. why do you ask?.

JuicyLips · 21/08/2010 15:53

I meant the other two, not one two. changed sentance half way through.

BuntyPenfold · 21/08/2010 15:54

I just wondered. My Rowan was always the only one at her school, though I had a Scots friend Rowan and there is a girl called Rowan in a famous series of books.
I don't know any little Rowans, boys or girls.

JuicyLips · 21/08/2010 16:03

Ah I see. Its a nice name, whether its used for a girl or boy.

Ephiny · 21/08/2010 22:13

I think they're both lovely names, slightly lean towards Rowan as I like nature names.

Never heard of Corin for a girl (only Corinne/Cora/Corina), yes Rowan is sometimes used for girls, but more often boys in my experience.

How would you pronounce them? I can think of at least a couple of different pronunciations for each one, so people might tend to get it wrong.

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themammy73 · 21/08/2010 22:39

Well thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I was absolutely convinced I was having a boy hence the dilemma. Of course I ended up having a girl! Interestingly enough, with reference to Ephiny's thread, we ended up calling her Cora. Makes me think had we had a boy we would have gone with Corin after all!

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SuperDuperJezebel · 22/08/2010 12:05

Cora is lovely! I am a Rowan, a girl, and older than 25... I get 'isnt it a boys name' a lot though! Or on the phone 'okay Mr Rowan, and your first name is...?'

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