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Harlow/Harlowe for a girl????

26 replies

Queenie68 · 10/02/2013 11:17

I love the name Harper but now the Beckhams have used it it's a no go :(( also love Willow but this seems to be growing rapidly in popularity. So ... I've seen the name Harlow come up a few times & it combines 2 of my favourite names. Thoughts please & which spelling is better??

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SavoyCabbage · 10/02/2013 11:21

I think it's quite nice. I like it without the 'e' better. Harlow Madden is five now and it's never become a celebrity/popular name.

edam · 10/02/2013 11:23

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

Fallenangle · 10/02/2013 11:23

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

bruffin · 10/02/2013 11:28

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

Fallenangle · 10/02/2013 11:28

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?

meditrina · 10/02/2013 11:32

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

Wishfulmakeupping · 10/02/2013 11:33

I really like it think it's a fab choice

ProphetOfDoom · 10/02/2013 11:33

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Rooneyisalwaysmoaning · 10/02/2013 11:37

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

FortyFacedFuckers · 10/02/2013 11:37

I really like Harlow

Rooneyisalwaysmoaning · 10/02/2013 11:38

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

tasfi26 · 10/02/2013 11:39

I think it's a lovely name :)

thesnootyfox · 10/02/2013 11:46

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.

gymboywalton · 10/02/2013 11:48

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?

Fallenangle · 10/02/2013 13:20

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

Branleuse · 10/02/2013 13:23

how about Basildon?

Fallenangle · 10/02/2013 13:34

Basildon - boys name. James' brother.

meditrina · 10/02/2013 13:37
Grin
pixiestix · 10/02/2013 14:51

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

SavoyCabbage · 10/02/2013 20:00

Grin 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.

legallyblond · 10/02/2013 20:03

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

SoftSheen · 10/02/2013 20:09

Willow- a beautiful tree with silvery leaves

Harlow- a miserable grey town in Essex

I'd go with Willow...

Thisisaeuphemism · 10/02/2013 20:13

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

VinegarDrinker · 10/02/2013 20:17

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.

ohfunnyhoneyface · 10/02/2013 20:23

Willow is much nicer