Rowan

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

At first glance, is Rowan - Girl or Boy?

Curious if it's been too feminized to be usable on a boy.

Comments

[pageless.livejournal.com]

I automatically think 'boy', but maybe that's cuz the whole rhyming thing makes me think of Ronan... warriors. XD

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I don't even think, "Hey, that's a name!" when I hear it. But I prefer it on boys.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[cuzzisaidso0.livejournal.com]

I have it down as a boy name that I like. :)

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Girl.
Not particularly fond of the name, though, but I do think girl.

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

Boy.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Thank God, lol. Was beginning to lose hope.

;)

[satwood.livejournal.com]

boy

[http://users.livejournal.com/_toasterhead/]

boy.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

boy! yes! definitely!

my cousin has a little boy named rowan, who is 2.

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

It's always been a boy's name to me. :)

[missmaxattax.livejournal.com]

I like it.. and I think of it as a boy's name. I don't recall ever hearing of a girl named Rowan... but that's just me.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the general consensus. Perhaps I read too much Anne Rice :)

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

lol is there such a thing as too much Anne Rice? Maybe when you can quote passages you should ease up a bit...maybe? ;)

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

I used to work with one. But she called herself Becky and it only came out that she wasn't a Rebecca when her first payslip arrived. (IOW, she didn't use it, and in fact hated it with a passion!)

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Definitely a boy. I love the name!

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

I would say boy.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Boy, but I grew up with a boy named Rowan and i've never met a female with the name.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I see it on a boy, definitely.

[xxmyfearsmylies.livejournal.com]

I thought boy!

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Actually, I can only see it on a boy.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hajari_/]

Boy.

[priorincantato.livejournal.com]

Boy! It's my brothers name.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I think girl automatically, probably because of Brooke Shields.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I think girl because of her too.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

girl, but then I go "or is it a boy's name?"

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

I think boy.

[americandiva.livejournal.com]

I love it for a girl

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Despite Mr. Bean/Blackadder, I really do prefer it on girls. I spell it Roan for a boy.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

That looks like an entirely different pronunciation/name.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Rowan? I pn it Ro-an.

Ha! I just realized that I pn it differently for boys than I do girls. Boys I pronounce it like above, but girls I pn Ro-wan/Ro-when.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

It's Row-en. It's the same name, girls just stole it somewhere along the line :)

[thedaytheystop.livejournal.com]

Wow, it seems like everyone is saying boy. Rowan, to me, is absolutely absolutely a girl's name. :)

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Boy
I know two Rowans IRL, one of each gender. But statistically it's more common as a male name, and it's one of my fave boys names, so yeah. :)

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

in the american context i would think girl, in gaelic/scottish/uk context i would think boy.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I think girl.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Girl.
(Probably because I know a girl called Rowan).

[kyo-o.livejournal.com]

I personally only know girls called Rowan but I like it better on a boy. It reminds me of Rowan Atkinson XD.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Either, but I prefer it for a girl.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Girl, but that's because of Anne Rice. And it's not a positive connotation for me, though it is pretty.

[supermonkeyfics.livejournal.com]

boy. one of my favorite boy names, in fact. =)

[catchstars.livejournal.com]

I think it's unisex, kind of like Casey or Jamie, probably because I have met an assortment of male/female/genderqueer Rowans.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I like it on a boy but spelt Rohan..I pronounced practically the same

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

my grammar sucks. I meant to say that I pronounce them both as Row-en with not much emphasis on the 'e'.