Quinn, Rowan, or Ellis?
For a baby boy, surname Neville. What are the pros and cons you think of for each?
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Quinn Neville: Quinn is a nice, sharp name, and I like the unusual q letter, but the ns at the end of Quinn and at the beginning of Neville clash.
Rowan Neville: I like Rowan a lot, and it would be my pick out of these three. However, it has the same problem as Quinn.
Ellis Neville: this one doesn't have the "n problem", but its one caveat is that Ellis is, in my opinion, extraordinarily ugly.
Rowan Neville: I like Rowan a lot, and it would be my pick out of these three. However, it has the same problem as Quinn.
Ellis Neville: this one doesn't have the "n problem", but its one caveat is that Ellis is, in my opinion, extraordinarily ugly.
Well, people apparently perceive Quinn as unisex; it isn't used at all where I live, so my only association is with The Mighty Quinn, which is a marvellous song but, like Clementine, would get progressively less marvellous the more often it was used. I find Quinn rather insubstantial, but as I say, I've got nothing to base that on really.
Ellis sounds like a dialectal pronunciation of Alice, which would be inconvenient for a boy.
Which leaves us with Rowan! I like it very much and have good memories of the only Rowan I've ever known, for what that's worth.
Ellis sounds like a dialectal pronunciation of Alice, which would be inconvenient for a boy.
Which leaves us with Rowan! I like it very much and have good memories of the only Rowan I've ever known, for what that's worth.