Arlo

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Right ladies give it to me straight. What's wrong with Arlo?
(Before I fall in love with the name!)

Nothing. I love the name.

I like it.

I like it.

It's very trendy and a bit of a celeb baby name.

Trendy. It will date your baby as being born around now.

Up to you whether you think that's an issue.

I don't like it. It's the epitome of trendy and will date awfully. And unless your baby is going to be born wearing flannel, with a moustache and drinking a piccolo latte, it doesn't work.

I know two Arlos born in the last 12 months. Both to parents who consider themselves hipsters.

If you're looking for problems... yes it's trendy as previous posters have said. Also if you live in an area where the letter H is dropped it sort of sounds like Harlow (Essex).

That said, I think it's a perfectly OK name. Every name has potential pitfalls.

Will date terribly.

I know 3 Arlo's born this year and 1 who is 7!
DS9 and DS7 both have quite common names ... Dd6 doesn't! We've only ever met 1 more but by the sounds of it ... It's becoming more common... I hear it on here lots!

I went to school with an Arlo, so don't see it as a trendy new name, I like it. I do remember back then the phrase Allo Allo popping into my head, but that was probably to do with with the dodgy TV show on at that time so not relevant now.

It's the name of the dinosaur in the good dinosaur. But I like it :)

To me, it sounds faddy and trendy and like you have dropped the 'H' in Harlow. It's not the worst name in the world by any stretch but I wouldn't ever choose it myself.
All that said, if you love it, choose it.

Sorry, I think it sounds really ugly when said aloud.

It is the Keith/Kevin/Tracy/Karen type moniker of the future

I actually lile it. Sounds lovely said in a posh RP accent. However y problem with it is I am from Northern Ireland and when I say it it sounds like something you'd name a cow.

I really like Arlo.

Lovely! I know two, so not commonly used, but not completely unheard of.

Lila

I know an Arlo from Belfast. It seems to work great there. The only thing is, people sometimes think his mum has said Orla when they ask what his name is.

It is a bit 'of the minute', but I really like it as a name.

Makes me think of the cat from Bing, that's a good thing though

Depends where you live. Here it just sounds like Harlow which is definitely not the sort of place you'd want to be named after.

Extremely trendy, will be dateable almost to the exact year. There's one in my family, about 9 months old.

They are not all the same age, I know a very nice hipster trendy 12 year old Arlo.

I really detest this name- it's so wannabe hipster. Cringe when I hear it shouted out in the playground.

Love it.