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.

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.

Rowan is a girl's name.

Juian is really nice.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

Julian. I hate these dumb nature names.

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.)

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.

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

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

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

I prefer Joseph or Javon for a J name.

and Juri !!