[name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]River[/name_u] and [name_u]Robin[/name_u], 3 beautiful nature names and all unisex now. I love them all and cannot choose one from another without a feeling of guilty… Please help me! Talk about the impression (of which on girls or boys are all welcome =]) you get from them, and the history each of them carried. =]
BTW I would love to hear about their rankings in Australia…
Thanks a lot for your time!
I would say [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] is more a name given to girls where as rohan or rowen is a boy name.
[name_u]River[/name_u] is a boy name to me & [name_u]Robin[/name_u]/[name_f]Robyn[/name_f] a girls name.
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] that helps you.
I consider them all to be boys’ names.
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] - boys, could be girls.
[name_u]River[/name_u] - this one has gone to all the bad-ass, Sci-Fi girls
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] - boys.
All three are great! I see your dilemma in choosing one.
1 [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] - my favourite on your list. Still a boys name but more parents are choosing it for girls so I don’t know how long it has as a male name before parents avoid it for their sons. I prefer it on a boy myself.
2 [name_u]Robin[/name_u] - I have a female cousin named [name_u]Robin[/name_u] and there is Robin Hood, [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] of “[name_f]Winnie[/name_f] the Pooh” fame and [name_f]Robyn[/name_f] the female singer so it can see it on either gender. Not a big fan.
2 [name_u]River[/name_u] - mainly a boys name. It’s not a fave. I want to break out in song “Cry Me a [name_u]River[/name_u]”. Tragic actor [name_u]River[/name_u] [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] adds to the downside for me.
I laughed so hard at this! 
Anyhoo, I like [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] the best from your list. [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is dated and [name_u]River[/name_u]…well, you saw what [name_u]Mischa[/name_u] said.
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] I see as a boys name.
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] I see as more unisex, but I lean towards a girls name. Not a huge fan of this name.
[name_u]River[/name_u] could go either way for me, but my instinct says its more of a girly name… I think it is one of those names that needs to be on the right person though… I don’t know if that makes sense, but I would love [name_u]River[/name_u] on the right type of girl (or boy!)
The first time I’d heard of [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] was in a book, and she was a girl, so it’s always felt more like a ladies’ name to me.
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] I think of [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hood, and he’s obviously male, but the only real-life [name_u]Robin[/name_u] I know is a woman. Funnily enough both female [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] and [name_u]Robin[/name_u] were redheads.
With [name_u]River[/name_u] I think of [name_u]River[/name_u] Song (a character on the British sci-fi show [name_m]Doctor[/name_m] Who), who is a BAMF woman. I adore the name [name_u]River[/name_u] for girls, as I always get pleasant imagery of rushing rivers and it has cool connotations.
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] is completely unisex to me. [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is also unisex, and while I’ve heard it more on girls I like the idea of it on a boy a lot. [name_u]River[/name_u] feels feminine to me because of [name_u]River[/name_u] Song and [name_u]River[/name_u] [name_m]Tam[/name_m].
All three to me are truly unisex, although I think I would be delighted to see [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] & [name_u]Robin[/name_u] on boys, because around here I never do. [name_u]River[/name_u], on the other hand, I would love to see on a girl : )
I [name_f]LOVE[/name_f] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] - it’s probably the only name that I sincerely like on both boys and girls.
Hmm…
See the appeal in all these names!!
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] for unisex and I honesty love on both boys and girls equally. [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] works for both sexes. [name_u]River[/name_u] for me is a boy’s name it just suits boys and flows more naturally on a boy. As does [name_u]Robin[/name_u] in my eyes. In my country [name_f]Robyn[/name_f] is used for girls and [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is used more stereotypically for boys. [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is just so cute for a boy and whenever I think of the name I always think it’s sad that this name is getting increased use for girls. I’d much prefer [name_u]Robin[/name_u] for a boy furthermore whenever I think of [name_u]Robin[/name_u] I think of [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hood, [name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_m]Williams[/name_m], and lastly the gorgeous [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Thicke. For me [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is all boy!! The only one which feels incredibly unisex is [name_u]Rowan[/name_u].
Unfortunately I don’t know about about the rankings in Australia.
Thank you everyone!
All three of these work best on boys, IMHO. [name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Wren[/name_f], [name_f]Russet[/name_f], [name_u]Rue[/name_u], [name_f]Oriel[/name_f], [name_u]Arden[/name_u], [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], or [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f]?
If I met a sibset named [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]River[/name_u] & [name_u]Robin[/name_u], I’d think ‘awesome’.
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] is all boy to me. I know some like it for girls but I can’t stand it. It’s also become trendy for girls.
[name_u]River[/name_u] leans masculine but I also love it for girls.
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] is truly unisex to me however it feels a bit dated for a girl. In the US it peaked in the 60s and has been dropping ever since. Although that could make it a fresh choice now
Personally, I would choose [name_u]River[/name_u] but [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is a close second. [name_u]Robin[/name_u] is more of an ‘acceptable’ choice due to its softness and history. There’s also a sophistication about it since all of the female [name_m]Robins[/name_m] I know are adults with white collar careers. I’ve never met a [name_u]Robin[/name_u] under 30. [name_u]River[/name_u] is very wordy, not feminine-sounding, and still has a hippie connotation. I like that about [name_u]River[/name_u] but not everyone will.
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]: Completely unisex to me I only know a boy [name_u]Rohan[/name_u] but I have seem female [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]'s on the internet
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]: I only know a girl [name_f]Robyn[/name_f] but at the moment [name_u]Robin[/name_u] makes me want to sing blurred lines because of how popular it is.
[name_u]River[/name_u]: This reminds me of a store we have in Australia [name_m]Rivers[/name_m] which sells some really bad stuff. I do kinda like it on either sex though.
Sorry to not be too helpful.
Here are the rankings in NSW if you follow the link and type it in you’ll find them since the 1900’s http://www.nsw.gov.au/baby-names