Technically, it's pronounced just like Rowan -- two syllables. Even knowing that, however, my initial thought when I see Roan is the one-syllable "rown," as you mentioned (just like loan or moan).
I knew it as a word first, to refer to a horse that is red colored, and the dictionary lists that as rhyming with loan or moan. But I think it's a good name, pronounced either way.
Like some of the previous posters, my first thought was neither "boy" nor "girl" but "horse" instead, since in its one syllable pronounciation it is used to describe color the same way bay, palomino, and buck are.
As a first name, I'd say Roan is masculine. Unfortunately, I wouldn't guess boy until I saw it in print. If I heard Roan called across a playground or read aloud in an annoucement, I would assume a girl spelled Rowan. I guess imo Weston and Roan look like brothers in print, but verbally they sound like brother and sister.
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I pronounce both names with two syllables, and Roan is recognized as an alternate spelling of Rowan.
Technically, it's pronounced just like Rowan -- two syllables. Even knowing that, however, my initial thought when I see Roan is the one-syllable "rown," as you mentioned (just like loan or moan).
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not even sure how you'd pronounce that - like ROW-an - or like the word 'moan" with an R ' Roan - yuck
sorry, it's bad
Like some of the previous posters, my first thought was neither "boy" nor "girl" but "horse" instead, since in its one syllable pronounciation it is used to describe color the same way bay, palomino, and buck are.
As a first name, I'd say Roan is masculine. Unfortunately, I wouldn't guess boy until I saw it in print. If I heard Roan called across a playground or read aloud in an annoucement, I would assume a girl spelled Rowan. I guess imo Weston and Roan look like brothers in print, but verbally they sound like brother and sister.
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