ELias, Eddie, Freddie or Charlie?

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Please help us decide on our second baby boy's name. Our DS1 is called Arlo so we need a name that compliments his name and have come up with the above short list. The birth certificate would full version where appropriate (ie. Edward, Frederick or Charles).
Your thoughts would be really appreciated. Or any alternatives that might work.
Ta

I prefer Charlie but it is very popular if that bothers you. Though Charles/Charlie has a similar sound to Arlo due to the 'arl' bit.
Eddie and Freddie are both nice.
Elias probably fits more with your DS1's name style if you're after a 'set' though personally I'm not a huge fan of Elias - just don't think it rolls off the tongue easily if you're calling it across the school yard.
Just out of interest is Arlo only Arlo or is there a longer version that it's short for?

Arlo is lovely and imo much nicer than your suggestions for DS2 but if I had to choose then definately Elias. The others (Charlie, Freddie, Eddie) don't really fit with Arlo imo.

How about Quinn/Quentin, Rufus or Felix?

I know an Elias and he is lovely...so def a winner there

Elias - great name and fits well with Arlo.

Freddie. Lovely name.

Don't think Charlie works with Arlo - sound a bit too similar IMHO.

Hmm this is tough.
Just found out that Arlo is the Italian version of Charlie so have scrubbed that off the list.
I know several felixs so we can't have that sadly.
Any other suggestions??

Agree Elias is the best fit. It would be a nice 'set'.

How about:
Sebastian
Tobias/Toby
Silas
Raphael

I've just realised that I've never heard Elias spoken out loud. How is it pronounced? Is it Ellie-as or E-lye-as?

I thought Carlo was the Italian equivalent for Charlie.

How about Levi?

All nice names. I think Freddie goes best with Arlo.

Elias. We've a friend called that. he is a lovely man with a lovely name.
Carlo is the Italian version of Charlie.

Agree that Elias goes best with Arlo.

Also like Quentin/Quinn, Tobias/Toby and Raphael and think they'd go very well with Arlo too.

My son is Freddie (Frederick), and I'm pushing for Arlo if the next one is a boy!

Elias is best fit with Arlo by far. The other three just sound like the run-of-the-mill, super-popular boys' nicknames that are being used by everyone and their dog atm.

Have you thought of Ellis too? 'Arlo and Ellis' has a nice ring to it!

My DS's are Charlie and Freddie!
We know an Arlo with a brother called Quinn.

I like Elias best, I also like Elijah along the same lines.

Definitely Arlo & Elias - the others are too common to be paired with a name like Arlo. I do really like the suggestion of Arlo & Ellis too.

With a name like Arlo - which isn't very common - I think you have to pick something a bit special to go with it: for example, Arlo & Dashiell, Arlo & Elias, Arlo & Emmett, Arlo & Ezra, Arlo & Flynn, Arlo & Jasper, Arlo & Phineas, Arlo & Silas NOT Arlo & Ben, Arlo & Harry, Arlo & Sam, Arlo & Tom. (Ben, Harry, Sam, and Tom are all great names but I personally think it's odd to name one child a rather unusual name and another a very commonplace one.)

Another vote for Arlo and Elias. I also like Ellis, Quinn (we have a Quentin ) and Ezra. The others (Charlie, Freddie, Eddie) are a little dull in comparison and quite widely used already. Arlo is lovely by the way!

So how do you say Elias? I still have never heard it spoken and neither has anyone I've asked.

Elias is pronounced Ell-EYE-us. It's a Biblical name and that's how I've always heard it said in church.

eh-LEE-us?

Elias and Arlo - love that combination.

eh-LEE-us is how it's pronounced in Germany and Sweden, apparently. eh-LYE-us is probably going to be the more instinctive pronunciation in England because of the name Elijah.

Hmmm. I was thinking EL-ee-us as in Eliot! Don't like e-LYE-us because it sounds like liar.

I'd probably say El-ee-as as that is how it is pronounced in German and would be the phonetic pronunciation.

But I'd quikly learn to pronounce it El-eye-as if that was preferred.