Arlo
GenderMale Given
Language(s)Old English (Anglo Saxon)

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]

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

References

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