Milo, Rilo or Arlo?

[EmilyMK1]

Hello!

My husband and I are having such a hard time finding a boy's name! For girls, we love names ending -a (Maya, Layla etc) and the ones we seem to like for boys end in -o.

We love Milo and Arlo, which I know are both pretty popular at the moment. We're also tempted by Rilo, as it's not unlike 'Riley' and reminds us of a band that is very special to us (called Rilo Kiley). However, we're a bit worried that it sounds too 'made up?'

What would you choose out of these three? And are there any other names like these that you've heard?

Thanks so much!

Rilo is not a name.

Rico
Barlow
Rio

How about Ivo?

Rollo would be ok if you really like the R and it’s more unusual than Arlo or Milo.

Not Rilo. It does sound made up and you’ll get different pronunciations like Rye-lo and Rill-o

Rollo? Good Viking name! Rilo sounds a bit like someone with an outrageous Australian accent saying “Riley”.

I like Milo

Arlo second. Not Rilo.

Milo

Rio
Otto
Carlo
Niko

I love Arlo.

Rilo does sound a bit "we wanted to call our kid Milo but it wasn't unique enough" - sorry

Milo from your list.

Some unusual ones:
Rollo
Sholto
Mungo
Ivo
Viggo

My dog is called Milo it's a fab name. We have meet a few other Milos out on walks too.

My cats called Milo 😃. But there's also a Milo at my daughter's school in NZ and it works well for him.
I like the suggestion of Enzo!

I like Enzo too of everything suggested :) The ones you suggested did remind me of pets names unfortunately.

Rilo is nicknamey. Rollo is nicer.
Arlo is likely to be very popular.
Milo is a powdered drink, and sounds too much like Mealy.

Never heard of Rilo

Arlo is the name of our CCTV system

I like Milo

Instead of Rilo what about Rio? I love that name.

Rilo sounds made up and quite bad really. I have heard of some very posh people called Rolo and of course Roly for Roland, but I dont really like them.

I like Milo and Arlo. I also like Leo and Theo. But they are all very popular.

Rollo makes me think of the name of a child who’s really overweight. Thinks it’s the Roly Poly association.

Chico?
I like Rocco
Love Jago, Nico, Draco?

The posh people will probably be called Rollo, not Rolo.

OP don't call your son Rolo. Rolo is a toffee.

What about Huey, Dewey or Louie?

Rilo sounds made up because it IS made up!

What about Hugo?

Or there's the Welsh boys name Iolo, which I love. It's pronounced "eeolo", with the the "ee" and the first "o" as very short vowel sounds.

The feminine form is Iola.

Jago and Milo are nice too.

I would choose Milo. Not Arlo, definitely not Rilo.

As others have said, Rio could work. Or Rollo.

Enzo
Cosmo
Jethro
Inigo
Orlando

I like Arlo as I've known several pets called Milo.