Julian or Rowan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neither. But if you really must, Julian.

I prefer Joseph or Javon for a J name.

and Juri !!

[Anonymous]

Nothing wrong with either Julian or Rowan. I don't understand why some say that Rowan is hard to pronounce.

But somebody suggested Rocco and I love it!

[Anonymous]

I would chose Julian. Rowan is a NJ State College.

[Anonymous]

I like Julian better for a boy. I've only seen Rowan used as a girl's name.

[Anonymous]

I don't really like either, but if you must, pick Julian. Rowan has become a girl's name, and not a good one either.

[Anonymous]

Rowan is a tree.

Other plant names include Heath, Arliss, and Cedar.

Don't laugh. I know a wee Cedar (boy) and also a Sequoyah (girl.)

[Anonymous]

Julian. I hate these dumb nature names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I picked Julian, but don't like it honestly.

Can you toss few more to us?

The only other names on our list are James and Leo :/

Thanks all for your thoughts!

James and Leo are great! Stick with those, imo

[Anonymous]

I have a Julian and a Leo, so I love both obviously. James was on our list, but a close relative beat us to it.

[Anonymous]

My teenager’s name is Julian and I love the name and get good reactions to it generally. He does get some confusion with Jillian or Julie, but quickly corrected after they see he is a boy so it doesn’t matter. So many names are both genders now anyway. Many nicknames if you like options - Jay, Jules, Jude. Popular enough that it’s recognizable but not popular in that there aren’t a bunch. Linguistically pleasing and has positive cool kid vibes because of Julian Lennon.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised no one has brought up that Julian means "bearded." I'm not super into choosing names for their meanings, but I couldn't get past that.

I have a now grown male Rowan. He likes his name and so do I.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a Julian and a Leo, so I love both obviously. James was on our list, but a close relative beat us to it.

I have a Leo who is in his 20s now. We named him when the name Leo was about 400th on the soc sec name list. He has a cousin Julien. It's been interesting to see the rise of Leo.

[Anonymous]

Rowan is a girl's name.

Juian is really nice.

[Anonymous]

This is a revival of an old thread, but just my $0.02 on the name Rowan which is my 10 yr old son’s name. I’ve heard of girls being named Rowan, but have never met one. I know a few boys named Rowan. We did pick it for the tree connection but like it’s not necessarily obvious like names such as Cedar. I still love the name. My son loved meeting Rowan trees in person on the summit on a great hike at Dolly Sods.
I really love the name Julian also.

[Anonymous]

OP, come back and tell us what you went with!

I like them both. I do know several female Rowans so I might have considered Ronan or even Roman for a similar-sounding option.