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I think Saffron is a nicer name and a nicer essex town but your baby, your choice

Willow is much nicer

Harlow (the town) is an absolute dive. Apologies to any Harlow dwellers.

I can't get on with the current middle class trend for "Arlo" either, it just sounds like someone from Harlow saying Harlow.

It is a terrible place. Laindon or Barking would be preferable.

Willow- a beautiful tree with silvery leaves

Harlow- a miserable grey town in Essex

I'd go with Willow...

DD was born in Harlow. Wonderful maternity unit. My god though. The WORST town I have ever been to! Don't. Please, don't!

I've never heard if the place harlow! So I didn't know all that.

There's a boy at our school (not in uk) called Corby and I can't get past the fact whereas nobody else has ever heard of it.

I like it - provided you live absolutely no where near Essex. I like Harper too. Who cares what the Beckhams called their child?

Basildon - boys name. James' brother.

how about Basildon?

What about Marlow. Thats a naice town in Buckinghamshire or,with an e, a poet. Very classy.

It's not caught on because "the "t" is silent, as in Harlow".

this is exactly what i thought!!!!
it's a dreadful thing to call a child!!!
why on earth, when there are so many really beautiful names about, call your child after a nothing town in a nothing place?

I don't normally comment on baby name threads because I think it is a matter of personal taste and nobody's business etc. However on this occasion I feel obliged to say please don't - there are thousands of other names to choose from please don't give your daughter the same name as a drab town in Essex. If you like that kind of name how about Halle or Liberty? There are not many of them about and they have a much nicer sound to them.

I think it's a lovely name

No one who lives in Harlow would even say Harlow. It's Arlo. There's Old arlo and new arlo as well.

I really like Harlow

Oh God I was born there...don't do it! It's like calling a kid Wallasey or Toxteth.

You been there?

Stick with Harper

I really like it think it's a fab choice

It's not caught on because "the "t" is silent, as in Harlow".

Oh and do you live in an area where kids drop their Hs? You don't want to keep explaining that she is not named for Arlo Guthrie. Does it go with your surname?

Its dreadful
You are either naming the child after a grey town in Essex or after someone's surname.

Have you been to Harlow? It isn't exactly Florence. But then Brooklyn isn't either. Think through likely nicknames - Harry, Harl....

Definitely without an 'e'. Wouldn't be my choice but hey ho, your baby your decision.