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.

I know a boy Marlowe. Nice lad. Parents very literary.

My DS1 is called Marlow! I obviously love it. 🥰 It's a family name, but there's also a boy in our town about 8 years older called Marlow too.

I live near there, so no from me. What made you pick that name?
I might feel differently if I'd never heard it before.

I like the name Harley - boy or girl
Or Ashley

I love the name Ezra. I’m not keen on the Arlo, Marlow, Harlow names.
Seth would go well will Ezra. I also really like the name Milo, even though it’s a popular drink especially in South Africa.

Elijah goes well with Ezra I think

Marlow is a good pet name. I don't like it for a human.

Marley, Monty, Marty, Matty
(I'd go for the full names but these are the most popular diminutives. ) Matthew, Mark, Malcolm, Marvin... are all better than Marlowe. Even though Philip Marlowe was a genius.
Sorry

Marlow is a place name

I know a toddler Marlowe. It surprised me at first but I’ve got used to it.

I like Marlow. My immediate association with this name and spelling is Antonia Forest’s series of novels about the Marlow family. Brilliant books. Also Charles Marlow, a character in some of Joseph Conrad’s works.

I know you want to spell it without the e but I just think Philip Marlowe.

Isn’t it amazing how proud some people are of never having heard of something?

I’m not a great fan of Marlow, OP. How about Michael? Continues the biblical theme of Ezra.

My ds went to school with a Marlow and every time I heard it I always thought “like the town”. The kids didn’t though, perfectly normal name to them.

Marlowe with an ‘e’ changes everything.

i do quite like it.

Alternatively, Miles? Not Milo for me.

Marlowe with an ‘e’ changes everything.

how so?

does the poor child have to go through life saying “my name is Marlowe. WITH AN E”

I really like it. If I were to use it would spell it Marlowe (like Christopher Marlowe) - but either way I think it’s very nice

Marlo is a woman's name.

Ezra and …
Miles
Marcus
Mason
Maxwell
Michael
Marlon

Milo?

Spelling is quite an important life skill for children to learn. As is patience.

Maybe he’d get the apocryphal coffee cup treatment - Emarlow?

makes no sense at all in the context of my post

I really like it, I've never heard of the town named Marlow and so what, lots of names are the same as place names.

@TequilaNights , like Chester, Lincoln, Windsor, Royston and Bristol.

Not sure I'd want to be called Biggleswade, Cleckheaton or Oswaldtwistle.

** I've not been to Biggleswade, Cleckheaton or Oswaldtwistle, so it's not a comment on the places. The names are great, but might be a bit too unusual as human names.

@Samzzz Marlow was a middle name for DS's great-grandad. And there are records in our family going back to the 1700s, so it's not a recent name. It's also gender-neutral, which I happen to love. A lot of people mishear Marlow as Arlo and also Milo, but it's never been an issue. Most are interested and comment on it being unusual, which I always take as a compliment. 😜