Marlow for a boy?

[Samzzz]

What are your thoughts on Marlow James for a boy? Looking for an unusual but gentle boy name beginning with M. I already have a boy called Ezra.

Love it!

i adore ezra

marlow…. much much less so

I don’t like it at all.

I love it!

It’s a town in Buckinghamshire, nice park though

You could try Marlon instead...I went to school in Marlow 😬

Yes I also just think of the town and find it an odd choice for a person

It's just down the road from me, so no. It would be like calling him Worcester or Watford.

Arlo goes well with Ezra.
Marlow is a town on the Thames - seems a bit like calling a child Reading or Maidenhead.

Only if your last name is Barlow.

Sounds like a place, and like you are trying to be ‘cool’. I don’t like it

If your surname is Barlow, then Gary, Peter or Ken would better.
If it is Farlowe then the name should be Clayton

Arlo means ‘fortified hill’ so I’d say it’s not much better than a Marlow. Marlow would probably get misheard as Arlo though.

@TeaKitten , but Arlo isn't a well-known town. Arlo isn't my kind of name but it does go with Ezra.

Admittedly it does sound like 'Arlow. The name meaning you have is probably from a baby name site. The one I saw said Arlo is a unisex name, which is news to me

It's a town. And surname

James is a fabulous name

Marlow isn't

It’s my cat’s name 😃

The problem with calling a child Reading is that it's always mispronounced

Arlo is a well known home security company. I’ve never heard of the town Marlow. They are very similar. Ezra isn’t my type of name either to be honest but it’s better than Arlo and Marlow I guess.

Arlo, ok maybe but Marlow sounds like a dog’s name

Also it’s not a random made up thing from a baby’s site, Arlo meaning fortified hill dates back to the Middle Ages.

@TeaKitten , does it matter? Arlo isn't the name of a town.

Why does it matter so much that Marlow is?

Harlow is better

Malachy? (Mala-key not Malar-key).

I really like it.