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Arla

34 replies

Ezlo · 08/03/2025 18:09

I'd love your thoughts.

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BoleynMemories13 · 10/03/2025 07:01

You'll never move away from the milk association.

It's a trendy fad, much like the male Arlo, and I think it will date terribly.

Also, it just sounds like someone saying Carla or Darla in a really lazy way, to me. It's more like a sound/noise, rather than a proper name. I'm really not keen.

MakkaPakkasCave · 08/03/2025 20:17

Posh milk. You don’t want horrid kids mooing at her in the playground.

WaltzingWaters · 08/03/2025 20:16

Yeah, if it weren’t for the dairy company it would be nice. But because of it, no way.

Darla is also awful IMO.

Orla is lovely.

User28473 · 08/03/2025 19:06

Marla is a good alternative that doesn't make me think of the dairy company

crumblingschools · 08/03/2025 18:59

Milk

HairyToity · 08/03/2025 18:58

Milk brand.

SpringIsSpringing25 · 08/03/2025 18:57

I buy a lot of their protein yogurt!!

Not a baby girls name, not in the UK anyway.

Moreteaandchocolate · 08/03/2025 18:56

Sorry, I also think of the milk.

Carla or Aria?

TooFancyNancy · 08/03/2025 18:56

Sorry another one that just thinks ‘Milk’

which is a shame because in theory if you take it out of that context it’s a pretty enough sounding name.

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shoopshoopdedoo · 08/03/2025 18:50

I also think of milk

tentimesover · 08/03/2025 18:40

Prefer Arlia
Orla
Darla

DaisyChain505 · 08/03/2025 18:34

Milk 🥛

Marylou2 · 08/03/2025 18:33

Commercial dairy not a child's name.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 08/03/2025 18:31

Milky

Pinkelephant66 · 08/03/2025 18:31

Arla Big Milk

DuchessOfNarcissex · 08/03/2025 18:30

How about (Dairy) Crest?

Seriously, it looks like you thought the baby was going to be Arlo, and couldn't be bothered to think of a different name when she turned up.

MemorableTrenchcoat · 08/03/2025 18:24

It’s a lot nicer than, say, Unigate.

Charcadet · 08/03/2025 18:22

Arla are the company currently adding anti fart additive to our nation's cow's feed.

EmpressaurusKitty · 08/03/2025 18:21

I think most people are going to think of the dairy company, unfortunately.

SpottedDonkey · 08/03/2025 18:17

Arla is the name of a massive multinational milk processing corporate. Their brands include Lurpak & Cravendale. The Arla milk tanker regularly & noisily visits the farm across the road from me first thing in the morning.

Modernskylines · 08/03/2025 18:17

Milk

cheekycee · 08/03/2025 18:16

My little one is called Aria

SunshineAndFizz · 08/03/2025 18:15

Sounds like a feminine version of Arlo - a bit gimmicky that won't date well.

cheekycee · 08/03/2025 18:15

Beautiful name

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