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My friend wants 'Harrow' - your thoughts?

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keepyk · 05/06/2019 19:48

My colleague is keen on Harrow for a girl, I said I'd put it to the MN hive mind!! Any thoughts?

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pikapikachu · 05/06/2019 19:57

Are you from the UK ? Harrow is a famous boys school or an area of London so not a great name really. The verb "harrowing" makes Harrow not a good choice for a child.

diddlediddle · 05/06/2019 19:56

Can't think of much good about that. No real positive connotations to the word.

Does she mean Harlow? I think girls have been called Harlow before.

Quintella · 05/06/2019 19:56

Very weird indeed. Sister to Winchester and Charterhouse?

Something like Marlowe is similar but miles better.

Coronapop · 05/06/2019 19:55

Harrow to me means the public school ie posh public boys school.

feellikeanalien · 05/06/2019 19:55

If she had a brother would he be called Eton?

AgeBeforeBeauty · 05/06/2019 19:54

No!

UrsulaPandress · 05/06/2019 19:54

To each their own.

finnmcool · 05/06/2019 19:53

Ooh no. Harrow is where my nearest Primark is.

Aquamarine1029 · 05/06/2019 19:51

It's a huge nope from me.

homemadegin · 05/06/2019 19:51

To me it is to harrow the field. Or upsetting, that was harrowing. I'm not aware of it having a name meaning. So no I wouldn't like it.

PragmaticWench · 05/06/2019 19:51

I think of harrowing (acutely distressing) or the word marrow. Sorry, neither of those are great associations.

Pearlfish · 05/06/2019 19:49

For a girl? Really? To me it's the name of a posh boys' school!

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