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Arlo

What does Arlo mean?

Arlo Pronunciation of Arlo as a boys' name is pronounced AR-loh. It is of Spanish origin, and the meaning of Arlo is "barberry tree". Also Italian variant of Charles. Became popular in the early 1970s, possibly due to the fame of folksinger Arlo Guthrie. Also form of Harlow.

STARTS WITH Ar-

ASSOCIATED WITH tree

Variations

VARIANTS Arlow, Arlowe, Arrlo

RELATED FORMS VIA CHARLES Carl, Carlo, Carlos, Karl

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Arlo Cannon (A.C.), ..

How popular is Arlo?

Arlo is an uncommon first name for men. Arlo is an equivalently rare last name too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Arlo entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its highest rank of #278 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Arlo name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Arlo outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Arlo (#278 A YEAR AGO) ranked in the Top 2000 are Carl (#700), Carlo (#1209), Carlos (#137), Charles (#52), Harlow and Karl (#1288). These forms of Arlo were favored 88 years ago (USAGE OF 3.6%) and are now much less conventional (USAGE 0.6%, 82.7%), with forms like Carl becoming less fashionable. Charles is more widely used than the rest, though Arlo has become trendy as well over time.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Arlo, Carl, Carlo, Carlos, Charles in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Harlow, Karl in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Arlo, Carl, Charles, Karl outside U.S.

Similar Names

Arlo is alike in pronunciation to Arlea, Arley, Arlie, Arly, Early, Erlie and Erly. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aalok, Aaro, Abo, Adao, Ado, Al, Aldo, Alfo, Ali, Alldo (see Aldo), Allon, Alto, Aly, Anno, Anso, Apolo, Ara, Araldo, Aralt, Aram, Ard, Arda, Ardy, Arel, Aren, Ares, Ari, Aric, Arie, Ario, Arion, Aris, Arlan, Arlen, Arles, Arlin, Arlyn, Armon, Arn, Arni, Arno, Arnon, Arnot, Arnou, Arnow, Arny, Aroldo, Aron, Arrow, Arrt (see Arthur), Arto, Artro, Arty, Arun, Arvon, Arvy, Ary, Arye, Aryo, Aryon, Atilo, Atli, Atreo, Aurelo, Axl, Harlo, Lalo and Milo. These names tend to be more commonly used than Arlo.

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