Middle Name For Harlow

@Rachelhaydenberk1 I think if your in the states Harlow Livea is beautiful! I Love names with amercan accents 😂😂

Livea though in the UK up north would sound like ' I LIVE ERE '

Guys, can we stop being so embarrassingly parochial now? Not everyone lives near (or gives a tiny shit) about bloody Essex

In fairness, if I were about to name a child Trenton Aphrodite or Limerick Gloria, I would want to be told. But yes, she doesn't need to KEEP being told, and she has taken it really well.

Harlow Elise is actually lovely!

Guys, can we stop being so embarrassingly parochial now? Not everyone lives near (or gives a tiny shit) about bloody Essex

Livia with an I is nice and a normal name. It’s an ancient Roman name. Livea with an E looks a bit odd.

Harlow Vivienne? You seem to like feminine middle names with V's and E's from what I can see. I don't think anyone has suggested it yet (too busy flaming you - to be fair I think most have not even been to the town!) I think Vivienne is classic and feminine and sounds pretty with Harlow.

FWIW I have a friend who works with children and she named her daughter Olivia - it's a very popular name here too but she and her husband liked it and she's so far not met another baby Olivia at any of the playgroups. I think Harlow Olivia works.

I knew a Livia - she is Eastern European (can't remember which country) and Livia is a perfectly acceptable name there.

I am bowled over by your graciousness OP, you sound like you're going to be a fun, fair and kind Mom x

We went through our family tree and found our middle name, Elise. Could you do this OP? You might find something surprisingly nice! (90% of the names were pretty terrible and old fashioned).

Harlow is a lovely name - I'm from the south east and don't associate the name with Essex at all 🤷🏻‍♀️

Why couldn't you pull off the name Lola? Surely a much more established name than Harlow?

I'm from the UK but live in Australia- where 'Harlow' as a name is also popular. I frankly cannot understand it but there you go! I understand if you don't have those connotations British people have then it works. However, what if your child wants to travel, and wants to live in the UK for example?

I like Amelie as a middle name, but I do think a shorter middle name would go better with Harlow

Harlow Carr. Nice place, lots of trees.

People are really rude!
I like Harlow, and it’s a normal American name. Would people be so horrible if someone was say Romanian and picking a name normal for Romania?

I like Harlow Olivia. It was the first one you liked and flows well. It doesn’t matter as a middle name how popular it is.

P.s. I like surnames as first names, rules are there to be broken!

(Also, Mumsnet isn't always the best place for opinions because, as someone else commented recently, if the name doesn't sound like it could come out of a piece of classic English literature it will probably get ripped to shreds on here! And as much as I love a little Catherine or Elizabeth, I like more modern names too. The names that are commonly suggested and adored on Mumsnet would probably be met by shudders or yawns by a lot of British non-Mumsnetters.)

Harlow Olivia - like this. Olivia is common but I think it's so beautiful that the beauty outweighs the common-ness (is that a word?)
Harlow Livea - really dislike this spelling - it looks made up. 'Livia' is nicer but it doesn't flow as well with Harlow
Harlow Livienne - I also think this looks a bit made up and I don't really like the sound
Harlow Ameline - don't like Ameline
Harlow Amelie - nice!
Harlow Amelia - hate the name Amelia just because every baby girl in the whole world is called Amelia now
Harlow Avianna - This is cool!

Don't worry about the Harlow/Essex thing. I'm from SE England and I didn't even think of this. I'm sure most people won't - it does sound lovely. Although if it does bother you, what about Marlow/Marlowe?

Why not Harley?

Nothing wrong with Madeleine as a middle name too.

I also live in Essex, about half an hour's drive from Harlow. I don't find it an attractive place.

I am amused that you find it very feminine.

I get that things are different in the US though, and you won't have the association with the Essex town.

If I had to pick want of the suggested middle names though I would go with Grace or Amelie/Amelia.

I think Harlow Madeleine is a nicely balanced combination.

Btw what a pity that ex governor of Alaska didn’t ask MN for advice before naming her daughter Bristol

You posting in the wrong place op to get opinions about the name that would work in the us but in the London region at least of the U.K. Sounds a bit off. Use the name you like and have fun with your baby.

Ameline. Beautiful flow

Marie. Harlow Marie Haydenberk.

@NunoGoncalves, I'm in complete agreement. What a gracious OP in the face of such knobby MNers.

I hate made up names, sorry.

another option is Violetta

That’s too much of a mouthful. But Harlow Violet is lovely.

The best bit is that OP didn't once ask for opinions on the first name, but everyone took on themselves to be dicks about it anyway.
OP, I'm very impressed at the fact that you didn't just say fuck this and give up.

Lila
Pearl
Wren

Grace is also a winner