Arlo

Arlo

Arlo

Unisex given name

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Arlo (disambiguation).

Arlo (pronounced /ˈɑːɹ.loʊ/) is a traditionally male given name. Some sources state it to be of Old English origin, meaning "from the hill fort";[1] it was first used by Edmund Spenser, who "evidently invented" it, as the name of a hill where the gods debate in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590 and 1596).[2]

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A 2018 Yahoo! UK article indicated an increasing popularity of "Arlo" – alongside such names as "James", "Charlie", "Noah", and "Reggie" as a girls' name in England and Wales.[3]

People

Arts and sciences

  • Arlo Bates (1850–1918), American author, educator and newspaperman
  • Arlo Gilliam (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • Arlo Guthrie (born 1947), American folk singer
  • Arlo Haskell, historian, poet, literary organizer, and publisher
  • Arlo Hemphill (born 1971), American explorer, ocean conservationist and film actor
  • Arlo U. Landolt (1935–2022), American astronomer
  • Arlo Parks (born 2000), British musician
  • Arlo West (born 1958), American singer/songwriter

Military

  • Arlo L. Olson (1918–1943), American military officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Politics

Sports

  • Arlo Brunsberg (born 1940), former professional baseball player
  • Arlo Bugeja (born 1986), Australian speedway rider
  • Arlo Chavez (born 1966), Filipino boxer who has competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  • Arlo Eisenberg (born 1973), American aggressive inline skater
  • Arlo White (born 1973), English sports commentator

Fictional characters

Television

Films

Comics

  • one of the titular characters of Arlo and Janis, an American comic strip

Video Games

  • Arlo Flores, one of the survivor characters in the Roblox game Daybreak
  • Leader Arlo, one of the Leaders of Team GO Rocket in Pokémon GO

References

  1. [1]
    The Little Giant Encyclopaedia of Names, Nathaniel Altman, Sterling Publishing Co., 1999, p. 44
  2. [2]
    The Great Big Book of Baby Names, Cleveland Kent Evans, Publications International Ltd, 2006, p. 49
  3. [3]
    "Noah, Harper and Arlo revealed as some of the most popular unisex baby names". 15 May 2018.
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