Rowen

Rowen is a spelling variant of Rowan, the red-berried tree the Celts planted by their doors to ward off mischief. The root reaches back through Old Norse reynir and Gaelic ruadhán, meaning little red one, tying the name to both autumn fire and copper hair. Rowen reads a touch more unisex than its more common cousin, and at rank 445 it leans slightly masculine while remaining comfortably open to either. The sound is soft and rounded, the kind of name that can belong to a serious ten-year-old with mud on their knees or a grown woodworker in a linen shirt. Earthy, literary, quietly magical.