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[Opinions] Re: Rowan
I don't see Rowan getting super popular in NJ but I'd never be surprised to see it at least on a boy. I'd be slightly more surprised to see it on a girl, just because I've noticed around where I live, naming practices are still more "traditional" than other parts of the country.That said, I've actually only heard it on a girl, the star of Disney Channel's Girl Meets World Rowan Blanchard. I used to dislike it on a girl but I think she pulls it off well.I don't love the name either way so I don't have a strong preference male or female. It works fine for both IMO.Also, I had no idea until this moment that a Rowan is a type of tree? I don't think of it as a nature name because I didn't know this!
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It's sometimes called Mountain Ash.
And where I grew up, we call it "dogberry tree".(less elegant).
We always as children use to sample the berries, and they were always impossibly astringent. You'd think we would learn,but no.I read that you can make a jelly with the berries, though. For having with meat. Sort of like cranberries, perhaps.
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