UPDATED!! Do you think boy or girl for these names?

Nmooney1 · November 2013

We are Team Green, and still have a long ways to go (I'm only 16wks for those on app). This is our third, and final. One gender we have the name set in stone - but zilch for the other.
There are two names DH and I "kind of" agree on BUT I think they sound like the other gender. I'm not going to say which, bc I don't want to lead anyone...but what do you think the following sound like (boy or girl)?
•Emerson
•Rowan

UPDATE: Emerson and Rowan were two "boy" names we kind of agreed on BUT...I really felt they were more girl sounding to me. I can't get over how "girly" they sound to me, so I think they are out.

emmy236 · November 2013

Both boy names completely

BlueBird312 · November 2013

emmy236 said:
Both boy names completely

Agreed!

birdiecol · November 2013

Boy names all the way for me

kleigh926 · November 2013

I think boy as well.

JillianO4 · November 2013

Boy

Ceridwen21 · November 2013

Boys.

marthaler · November 2013

Emerson - girl. Rowan - boy.

Nechie122 · November 2013

I think boy, but all the Emersons I've met through DD's preschool have been girls.

DaisyDuck40 · November 2013

I think boy on both.

Halifax2013 · November 2013

Emerson has become pretty unisex/used more for girls lately I think, Rowan definitely boys name to me but Emerson is cute for both

aprilbaby2014 · November 2013

Emerson - boy, Rowan - girl ... Guess I'm the odd ball .

klgallup · November 2013

Emerson-girl. Rowan- all boy

g8trkim · November 2013

Interesting that everyone thought boy because I thought girl. I actually see them both as gender neutral but I only know one Rowan and one Emerson and they are both girls. The uncertainty alone would keep me from using the names.

lifeonthehill · November 2013

Boy

lamaclean · November 2013

My daughter has classmates with those names - both girls, so to me they have crossed over to "unisex". I personally wouldn't use a name that seemed to be becoming unisex on a boy, but that's just personal preference.

magpiemama · November 2013

Emerson - boy

Rowan - girl

4lilmunchkins · November 2013

Both are unisex but I see Emerson as more of a boy name and all 4 Rowan's I know are girls.

coopsbaby · November 2013

Both boy, but I'd never use Emerson on a boy since so many girls are using it

jallascalla · November 2013

Boy for both. When I see a girl with the name Rowan I don't think oh, that is unisex, I just think, oh, that's a girl with a boy name.

WashingtonQueen · November 2013

Both are 100% masculine.

NerdyLucy · November 2013

Both Boy.

Emerson is super masculine to me. The very definition of it implies the bearer is a male.

Rowan is a little less so for me because of personal associations.

Ladybug32110 · November 2013

Emerson - girl
Rowan - boy

saham07 · November 2013

I know that they are boy names, but I only know girls with these names....soooo, i say girls!

SuperMom17 · November 2013

I agree that both names are traditionally boy names.... That being said, I know only female Emerson's and only female Rowan's. Whether it's a boy or girl name historically, traditionally, whatever... It would bother me to have my son share a name with the girls so I would personally avoid them. But that's just me, if that doesn't bother you, then it doesn't make a difference. I get the whole standing up on your soap. PC to defend boys names things and equal opportunities with girl names on boys and whatever, but at the end of the day I still only female Emerson's and Rowan's.

SuperMom17 · November 2013

*soap box... Sorry, can't edit on the iPad.

theimpossibleastronaut · November 2013

Boy names.

strawberrytree · November 2013

My first instinct for Emerson is a girl, and Rowan for a boy. I can see Emerson on either but Rowan on a girl just doesn't seem right to me. All the ones I know are boys.