Harlow

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Will everyone think I've copied Nicole Ritchie if I name my daughter this? I really like it and did so before NR used it.
Thanks.

I'm from scotland too and wouldn't have made the Essex connection.

But it'd be like someone calling their baby Airdrie or something.

FWIW I think it's a lovely name. I also like Honor which was Jessica Albas daughter I think!

I wouldn't let NR calling her DD it put you off!

but you are copying her aren't you so...??

I'm afraid it made me think of 'harlot' too, because of the quote from Margot Asquith:

Jean Harlow - 'Say - aren't you Margot Asquith?'
Margot Asquith - 'Yes Dear, But the 't' is silent, as in Harlow.'

I live in Harlow (if I'm being posh I say one of the surrounding villages ) Trust me, you should not pick this as a name for your baby...we are desperately trying to move house as we dislike the place so much...any UK-based child would be teased mercilessly for the 'essex girl' connection. Please don't.

Jean Harlow was talented but she was also a tragic figure. She was, after all, dead at 26.

She was also known for playing floozies.

It is also the name of a not so exciting town.

What about Merlot?!

is that as bad as Chardonnay?

I don't know Harlow in Essex, I had heard it was nice, but even so... I wouldn't call my child Kilmacanogue, Greystones or Enniskerry. So I'm going to say NO to Harlow.

my friend had triplets in august, 2 girls and a boy, and called them harlow , skipper and dayton

Camden sounds chic and foreign in the US? I used to live in Muswell Hill so Camden was where I had to get off and change if I was unlucky enough to be on the wrong branch of the northern line.

London!! that is terrible. Hope they say it Landan for extra authenticity.

Eric Baldwin and can't think of her name now called their daughter Ireland, which is so bizarre and an unattractive sound, I can't believe they weren't high on drugs when they chose that.

JackieNo - I came specifically to quote the "t is silent, as in Harlow' line and you beat me to it!

Kim Bassinger, that is it.

Actually op I have a suggestion for you.

What do you think of Oslo

That incorporates two trends. Place names and names ending in an o sound.

I've always quite liked Arnaud for a boy. I suggested it to my x (him english me irish, ten words of French between us).

Alright, alright. You've made your point! Harlow scored off the list. I still think it is a lovely name but if people are unable to see past all of the above then probably best not used.

Its Alec , not Eric.

I grew up near Harlow, and everytime I see NR daughter I think of high rise flats. Im sorry but its an awful name.

How about Paris?

I'm really sorry but I just think that giving children names that are either unusual spellings of known names or place names and the like just gives other children something to make their life hell for. Plus they'll spend their entire life spelling out their names. I just get visions of fat 60 year olds in track suits and trainers, essex facelifts and fags in hand called Chardonney or the like.

(NB for all Jean Harlow fans, why not call the baby Jean? Outrageous, eh? )

i) I too thought of the Margot Asquith snipe.

ii) Harlow is not a town is Essex, you're thinking of 'Arlow.

Yes, people will instantly assume that you have copied Nicole.

yes, probably fewer Jeans than Harlows right now.
I really like Jean with nn Jeannie

Is that with the silent 't' or without?

I would 100% think that you had copied Nicole, sorry. But on the plus side, I live in the UK and had never heard of the town before this thread!

Oh dear. Is there a reason why you like it so much OP? I was born there. It's the least glamourous place on the planet.

Well apart from Sunderland possibly.

Harlow is my nearest town and avoided as much as possible. How about Arlo? As you are not a cockney it won't sound like you are dropping the aitch!

I wonder if Brooklyners have a laugh about the Beckham's choice of name

Im scottish and have never heard of this town but think the name Harlow is beautiful. reminds me of old hollywood glamour.

Gorgeous - it's so old hollywood glamour. It's my joint favourite alongside Aster. Go for it, it's beautiful.

Dreadful , but then I live not far from Harlow, it's okay for shopping once in a while but very dull and dreary.

Even worse reaction from people like me who know Harlow the place, but had no idea that NR had called her child that.

So I would simply think you had named your child after harlow in essex.

And yes if admire jean harlow then call the child Jean. Makes sense to me anyway.