My friend wants 'Harrow' - your thoughts?

[keepyk]

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

I don’t mind it, I’ve heard worse! But if it were a name, it would be a boy’s name surely?!

Definitely not, for the reasons above.

How about arlo?

Harrow? Is it me you're looking for?

Farm equipment.

It's a no from me.

It reminds me of when racist idiots pretend to say hello in "Chinese" - so it's a no from me

Thoughts? Mumsnet is not the place to ask. There are about 20/30 approved names that are acceptable. It is also the place that the Style and Beauty section consists of Saltwater, Fat Face and Clarke’s.

Name meanings...

Cecilia — blind

Claudia – lame

Deirdre – sorrowful

Emily – rival

Kennedy – misshapen head

Leah — weary

Lola – lady of sorrows

Mallory – unlucky

Mara — bitter

Portia – pig

Persephone – bringing death

Saskia — knife

Sloane — raider

boys

Blaise — lisp, stutter

Byron — barn for cows

Calvin — bald

Cameron – crooked nose

Campbell – crooked mouth

Cessair – sorrow, affliction

Gideon – having a stump for a hand

Huxley – inhospitable place

Jabez – borne in pain

Jacob and James — supplanter

But none of those meanings are still used in everyday language, or indeed in English. They are origins. Harrow is the same word, used often.

@LegoPiecesEverywhere - it's a wonder you've taken the time to register on here, thought up a user name, read and posted.

You must be a glutton for punishment.

Horrific and it’s a total dive, I used to live there before anyone attacks me...

Really not.

No. All it reminds me of is a very posh public school that a few of my childhood friends went to...and currently, where my daughter resides at uni halls.

Why do people feel the need to find such outlandish names for their children? I don't understand. I overheard a conversation recently where a mother was very disappointed that her child's father wouldn't entertain "River". I couldn't blame him to be honest.

My brother and I had "unusual" names for the years of our birth (think late 60's, early 70's) but names are that now fairly mainstream I would say. When I chose my children's names I tried to imagine how they would fit when they were out looking for jobs and making their way in the world. I am pretty sure that "Chardonnay-Paris" (a name I have come across IRL) will struggle to be taken seriously. I always think about David Bowie's son who changed his name from Zowie so he could get on in the world. It's weird...just be normal!

Town in north west London
Public school in said town
Harrow- harrowing meaning.

No, no and thrice no.

Mysterybox there's a HUGE difference between names which are derived from words that had a meaning in another language, especially a dead language, and names which are words used in contemporary English. Plenty of those that you listed don't actually mean those things, they are just related to words which do. But 'harrow' is an actual word, in that form, in English.

Harrow on the hill

Nope

Acton? Brockley? Croydon?

Croxley Green? Rickmansworth? Cricklewood? So many lovely possibilities!

I rather like Brockley. Prefer it to Harrow in every sense.

I do wonder if it will sound like Brooklyn Beckham - named after the place of conception.

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It doesn’t shout ‘cute baby girl’ tbh

Well having kids is pretty harrowing sometimes............

Harrow is awful. So are Harlow, Harley, and Harris.

To me using it as a name is different to using it in a sentence
I still like it.
Some people are actually sounding genuinely angry, which is a bit ridiculous.

Harlow is in Essex and not a good choice for a name for a child in the UK

I'm in the UK and only know of Harlow because of mumsnet. I love it as a name!

I meant to say I only know of the place in the UK called Harlow because of mumsnet...