Arlo

AR-loh

BoyGirl

Average rank #59 across 7 countries

Meaning & origin

English

Meaning uncertain. It was perhaps inspired by the fictional place name Arlo Hill from the poem 'The Faerie Queene' by Edmund Spenser. Spenser probably got Arlo by altering the real Irish place name Aherlow, which is Gaelic meaning "between two highlands".

Latin

The barberry bush.

How popular is Arlo?

馃彺鬆仹鬆仮鬆仴鬆伄鬆仹鬆伩 England & Wales

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#15

in 2025

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#3,035

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馃彺鬆仹鬆仮鬆伋鬆仯鬆伌鬆伩 Scotland

#24

in 2025

馃嚠馃嚜 Ireland

#54

in 2025

馃嚭馃嚫 USA

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#148

in 2025

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#2,488

in 2025

馃嚘馃嚭 Australia

#47

in 2025

馃嚚馃嚘 Canada

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#88

in 2024

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#1,854

in 2024

馃嚦馃嚳 New Zealand

#38

in 2025

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