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.

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

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

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

i love Rowan!

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

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!!!

I love them both.

Sorry, that's not helpful.

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

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.

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

What ages are they juicy?

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?.

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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...?'