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I much prefer it on a boy.

Boy

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I prefer Rowan as a mans name. It has a handsome masculine sound to it, but it isn't terrible on a girl.

I think it could work decently on either, but I greatly prefer it for a boy. It does give me a more masculine vibe. I like Rowena more than Rowan on a girl.

I prefer it for a boy but I like it for both.

Could go either way

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It's one of the few unisex names that could really go either way. I've met both male and female Rowans.

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Personally, I slightly prefer it for a male.

I only like Rowan for a boy.

Rowan for a boy, Rowena for a girl!

This message was edited 2/27/2015, 10:36 PM

Boy, all the way. I dislike it for a girl, but it's one of my long-time favorites for a boy. I've met one of each.

GIRL

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Neither. Rowan is like Darcy and Avery to me. Too masculine for a girl, not masculine enough for a boy. They all float around in this weird in-between world of their own.

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Rowan is all boy for me.

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Rowan Jude
Rowan Orlando
Rowan Gamaliel
Rowan Emmanuel
Rowan Oliver
Rowan Amadeo
Rowan Florian

Boy

I only like it for a boy, but since it's a nature name I consider it unisex. However, if I heard of a new baby with that name but didn't know the sex, I would guess the baby was a girl.

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Rowan Arthur
Rowan Charles
Rowan Felix
Rowan Gareth
Rowan Leander
Rowan Theodore

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Rowan Adelaide
Rowan Cecilia
Rowan Cecily
Rowan Isabel
Rowan Katriel
Rowan Lisbet
Rowan Maeve
Rowan Mathilde

Boy boy boy

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I can't stand it on a girl. It's fairly common here in Australia and almost 100% male.

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Rowan Alexander
Rowan Victor
Rowan Hamish
Rowan Seamus
Rowan Ezekiel
Rowan Tobias
Rowan Charles
Rowan Henry
Rowan Arthur
Rowan Thaddeus
Rowan Quinten
Rowan Pierce

Boy boy boy. Oh I love it so much on a boy.

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But I can see it on either and it's not bad on a girl.

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Rowan Rafferty
Rowan Emmanuel
Rowan Timothy
Rowan Everett
Rowan Giles
Rowan Davis

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I've heard it on a girl, and don't think it's awful, but I prefer it on a boy. Interesting, and familiar, but not overly masculine or harsh. Love it. I have Rowan Alasdair Laszlo as a combo. For middles I also like:

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Rowan Alasdair
Rowan Matthew
Rowan Lysander
Rowan Alexander

I love Rowan on both. It's also one of the few unisex names that (where I live anyway) doesn't seem to lean either way. It's fairly popular too. I know five Rowans, three boys and two girls.

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At the moment I'm loving Mari Rowan for a girl. Middle-names, I don't think I'd pair it with something super masculine or feminine because I don't usually like that kind of name, but I wouldn't pair it with anything that could be unisex, not even Kelly or Courtney.

Where I live, Rowan is rare but exclusively male. And I like it a lot, partly because the trees are so wonderful. For a girl, OK Rowena isn't actually a fem form of Rowan but it might as well be and I like it too.

Boy. Can't see it on a girl.

It's one of the few unisex names that I actually prefer on a girl, but that may be because I know a very bratty boy Rowan.

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Rowan Aurelia
Rowan Elizabeth
Rowan Charlotte
Rowan Isabel
Rowan Louisa
Rowan Alexandra
Rowan Cordelia
Rowan Emily
Rowan Matilda

Both

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I like it on both.

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I think of Rowan-the-Irish-name as being a boys name, but Rowan-the-nature-name as being unisex. So I like it on both.

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I would use it as a first name on a boy and a middle name for a girl, personally, but I think because it's the name of a tree it's fair game.

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And yes, would definitely pair it with a distinctly gendered middle name to make it clear which.

Since the only Rowan I know of is Rowan Atkinson, I can't imagine it on a girl. So, for boys.
I'm not good at middle names, but I think a one-syllable name would fit, like Rowan James or Rowan John.

I prefer it on a male. It doesn't bother me on a girl, but I always imagine a boy.

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Rowan Gabriel
Rowan Everett
Rowan Isaac
Rowan Oliver
Rowan Ulysses
Rowan Theodore
Rowan Jacob