Marlow for a boy?

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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.

Got to admit that I immediately thought about Christopher Marlowe.
Actually, I like Marlow much more than Arlo.
My dog walker takes out three different breeds of Arlo.

Marlow is the name of a place not a child but then again it's on par with Chelsea I suppose

I don't know the dead dog.
But I do know a sweet little boy called Marley and prefer it as a name to Marlow.

Go with Marlowe instead, much more literary. And better know than some obscure town many of us have never heard of.

I wonder if those who are so against Marlow feel the same about Skye or Iona?

Brooklyn, Florence, India, Lourdes, Sofia, Alexandria.

Interesting that it seems to be more common to name your daughter after a location.

Never mind the dead dog, what about one of the most famous first lines in literature?

Marley was dead: to begin with.

Marley and Me, the movie.

I love it - Jamie Hector in The Wire was Marlo - different spelling but it’s a good name and sounds good with Ezra

I've got family that lives in Marlow in England so for me it's a no.

Don't know that either.
Like I said,I know a lovely boy named Marley and prefer it to Marlow. Just thought I'd give OP another suggestion (as many others are doing).

Never seen it.

Lots of people are names after towns and places.

If you lone the name then you should use it.

I googled Marlo as it looks nicer than Marlow, and found a couple of actresses called Marlo. One used 'Marlo' as a diminutive of Margaret- that definitely works, I would much rather be called Marlo than Margaret!

This doesn't help you OP as you are looking for a boy's name. I think it's fine as a name, but there's quite a few soft M names around (Martin, Mark, Marcus, Marley, Moses, Miles).

Oh, I love it.

Exactly

Ezra gets a fantastic biblical name with loads of history and Marlow gets a made up faddy name that also happens to be a not great town. Marlow is going to be quite pissed off

Ivo
Jethro
Milo
Nicholas nn Nico
Miles
Laurence
Giles
Matthias
Owen
Cassian (Cass)
Christopher (Christy)
Tobias / Toby
Barnabas
Soren
Toben
Uther
Hugh
Nathan
Tristram
Gabriel
Ronan
Dashiell
Adam
Francis
Cathal
Lachlan
Alistair
Rafe
Rufus

All soft sounding boys names…

I was also thinking Milo as an alternative.

I like Marlow. Makes me think of the playwright Christopher Marlowe more than the town (which is beautiful anyway.) He could be nn Arlo which is a perfectly good boy's name too.

Really like it!!

Milo is a great name and goes really well with Ezra. Gets my vote and is similar to Marlow, which I’m sorry I’m not so keen on (although think it’s a lovely name for a pet)

I like the sound of it. I know more than one Harlow and a Mallory, so I would probably err towards assuming it was a girl name than a boy.

Mumsnet is a weird place to ask about names, people tend to always offer the same one and yet say it shouldn't be common either. Can't believe anyone would think Jethro is better!

@JaninaDuszejko I always watch the Muppets Christmas Carol, so it sounds wrong when there is only one Marley. Dickens clearly didn't get it as right as Gonzo.

I wouldn't call Marlow a "gentle" name.

I already know of a baby called exactly Marlow James.

So make of that what you will.

Marlow was a very violent gangster on The Wire.

My neighbours dog is Marlow.

Milo?