Partner not sure on baby name

[NeedMoMoney]

Partner and I are having our first child, I've always known what I would call my baby if I had a boy, in fact I have quite a few names! All of which my partner has liked, however we are having a girl, we've been struggling to agree on baby girl names, but the only girl's name I really like is 'Harlow', as soon as I told my partner the name he kind of pulled a face, like a 'really?' face. I don't think it's a bad name at all,

What does everyone else think?

Marlowe isn't a place name, but Marlow is.

Harlow is not a very nice town, and the name will sound like Arlo in many accents.

Pick a sensible name, your child will need to live with it.

Please NOT Harlow, it makes me think of the joke about Jean Harlow not knowing how to pronounce Margot , she sounded the 't'. Lady Asquith who was known as Margot said ' the t is silent as in harlot' .

Of course, Lois is a really good name!

Sorry I was born in Harlow- land of roundabouts is what I think of. Not a babies name for me but not my baby so... you need to see if he hates it or just needs time to adjust

Not Harlow.

Harper
Holly
Hailey or Haile
Hannah
Hazel
Hope
Florence
Seren
Piper
Quinn
Luna

Have you visited Harlow before? It's not a very nice place. If your partner isn't keen I would keep searching. I had a name I was set on for my daughter but her dad was not feeling it, we found a new name 🤷🏻‍♀️

What about Margot? Similar sound and a lovely classy name.

Harlow is awful and down market

Be careful with the baby name sites OP, especially the American ones. They will basically pluck any word from languages they don't speak/cultures they don't know, and say it's a name. I found the Welsh word for death on so many of them- it is absolutely not a name, and not a kind gesture to saddle a child with a name like that.

I agree with @OctopusBreath , the Welsh baby name sites are unreliable. They get the gender wrong, include Irish names, and include random nouns like wheel, wheelbarrow and bird, and they get the spellings wrong.

No. I think it sounds weird.

I dont like it. Agree with your partner. What suggestions does partner have?

Hallie
Hattie
Harper
Not keen on Harlow

Willow or Hayley.

If you are going to use Harlow, you might as well use Slough.

And insist that Siân is said See Anne ! @DacwMamYnDwad

Surely it doesn't matter what we all think of it? It's you and DH that have to like it and if one of you doesn't then it's a none starter?

Harlow is not a good name OP. Agree with this poster also that changing the spelling makes it worse, not better. Teenage boys would joke “Harlow the Ho” or call her “Harlot” etc.

There are lots of other names in the world, bin this one and move on.

@loislovesstewie , don't get me started on the welsh baby name threads on here. Usually full of middle-aged names or bonkers suggestions, or mispronunciations, and no, Siân isn't pronounced See-Anne or Sharne.

Not sure about Slough as a first name, @TeenDivided , how about Crawley?

Yes Harlow is awful, as is Marlow (albeit Marlow is a bit naicer).

What about:
Chloe
Hannah
Eloise
Margot
Holly
Noelle
Annie
Orla

I'm from the West Country and went to school with a lot of Welsh girls, or girl's with Welsh parents, a lot of Welsh names are familiar to me and I cringe when I hear people unable to say them. The same goes for Irish names , I've heard some howlers!!!

Didn't Sarah Palin call her daughter Bristol? She had clearly never heard Cockney rhyming slang!

If your partner's not keen then find another name.

If you're looking for something more masculine/gender neutral OP then what about Morgan? I feel like that has similar vibes to Harlow without the connections

As others have said it’s a commuter town so I’d be inclined to agree with your OH and keep looking!

Harper has a similar sound if that’s what it is you like about the name?