Rowan

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1334133]

What do you think of the name Rowan for a girl?

Comments

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

Its mostly male to me, but I can see it on both.

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

I hate it on girls, but mainly because my brother is a Rowan.

[oni85.livejournal.com]

Its VERY male to me.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

It's mostly male to me but I think it could work for either gender--I just prefer it on guys.

[icebyrd67.livejournal.com]

i've only ever seen it on females. a friend of mine is named after her mother who was named after her mother who was named....on and on for a few generations. all named Rowen

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I hate Rowan, but I hate it more on a girl.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Having a boy Rowan, I think it's ridiculous on a girl. Might as well call her John.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I like Rowena on girls...

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I only see it on girls.

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

I see it as male only. I guess if I knew a girl Rowan I could get used to it though. (I mean, I have a girlfriend called Trevor so that almost seems unisex to me.)

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Eh, I always thought of it as a girls name because the only person I've met with the name was female.
I think it works on either though.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

It's one of the few names that I do kind of like on both. But I like it better on a boy. It's not a name I would use myself, but I do quite like it.

In my mind if it's Rowan it's a boy, and a girl if it's Rowen. (Or Rowena's even better!)

[awoodnymph.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the only Rowan I've known is a girl (she actually changed her name from Monica to Rowan) and I never realized it was used as a male name. I like it for either gender, though.

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

It's my favorite boys' name. I can't picture it on a girl, and whenever I try I picture a bearded woman at a circus. Ick.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

It just sounds so overly masculine, I really cringe when I hear it as a girl name. Names like Rowan, Silas, Ezekiel--they just sound manly to me.

[2nd-heartbeat.livejournal.com]

I've met three female Rowans and no males. I see it as pretty gender neutral.
I much prefer Rowena on girls, though.

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i think Rowan would be beautiful on a girl!

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I've always thought of it as a male name, but I can see it being pretty on a girl too.

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

I don't think of it as having any specific gender.

[tiphanism.livejournal.com]

I see it as a male name, but I guess you could use it for a girl if she didn't mind that no-one would know from her name what gender she was.

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I think of it as traditionally male, though I do like it on a girl better than the feminine version Rowena.

[euphrosyna]

I like it on a girl better than a boy.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's a very feminine name.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I like it much better on a girl than on a boy. Probably because my first crush's sister was called Rowan!