Thoughts on the name Marlowe?

[21redroses]

I absolutely love the name Marlowe for a girl and just wondered what people’s thoughts were! My only concern is that people may spell it wrong, what do you think?

Also, are there any cute nicknames?

Marlow is a pretty town to visit. Marlowe was a playwright.
It's not great as a name.

Marl/Marley would be a diminutive. Marley's a popular name for a dog.

The only one I've known IRL is a boy

And I don't take to surname names on girls, and as this one is very masculine I don't think you can make it "cute"

Marley is associated with the male character in Dickens (it's the surname, but it's the name everyone knows the character by) and the dog in Marley and me is male (named for Bob Marley)

If you like it, then don't let me put you off. The Marlow spelling is more common for boys, but it seems to be fairly unusual and unisex without being 'out there'.

Arlo is extremely popular currently, and it might get misheard as Arlo.

Sienna Millers daughter is Marlowe. It’s lovely ☺️

I really like it.

When I was younger I used to read books set in a boarding school about a family called Marlow, so I've got very fond association with the name.

It's try hard

I like it but I think I prefer the spelling Marlo

Marlo is horrendous

I think people will hear it as the boy's name 'Marlon'.

I still read them. Antonia Forest. She was a fabulous author who ought to be better known.
Marlowe sounds too much like a surname to me though

Aww it’s lovely OP
we have a DC whose name ends in an O sound and we call him O!
marly is cute as a nickname, or Lowe

Arlo is a brand of surveillance cameras! Marlow is a male detective.

Marlow is a private eye, Marlowe is a playwright.

Ita a place and I don't like the name

I would expect a Marlowe to be either a) American or b) a dog. How about Martha?

Oh I'm not mad on it.

I just think of the town, but I live quite near it!

If I was in another country or in Sunderland or somewhere nowhere near Marlow, I probably wouldn't think of it. Marlow is a bland, middle class town fwiw. Nothing offensive or particularly glamorous about it, so it isn't off-putting necessarily, just seems a bit "why?" to me. Like naming her Lancaster or Bangor.

Marley would be the nickname I imagine she'd get, or maybe Lo?

It's a great name for a floppy red setter ... not keen for a little girl

I went to school with a female Marlowe in the '80s, and Marlo Thomas is the actress who played Rachel's mom on Friends. It's not totally unknown as a girl's name.

Lovely town in Buckinghamshire, not a name for a child. I mean, why not Basildon? Milton Keynes? Maidenhead?

Marley is a dog or Jacob. Back to the drawing board

It really doesn't sound good to me. Sorry. There's a girl in DS's class and she's absolutely lovely and very pretty but, for me, her name casts a shadow.

Surnames as girls names just don't work for me.

It’s got quite a nice sound but I would be put off by the town / surname associations

Marshmallow springs to mind,

I know a Marlo but that's a boy. Think there was also a male Marlo in The Wire. Don't like Marlowe for a girl sorry. Too much like calling her Ipswich or Nuneaton.

How about Mali or Margot?