Harlow: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration

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Harlow

An Old English name meaning "from the protected town."

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Boy name origins & meanings

• Old English : From the protected town
• German : Flax
• Old English : Rabbit archer

Boy name variations

Arlo Harlan Harlin Harley Harford Harland Harlen Harlenn Harlyn Harlynn

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Family name origins & meanings

• English : habitational name from any of various places called Harlow. One in West Yorkshire is probably named from Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’ + hlāw ‘mound’, ‘hill’; those in Essex and Northumberland have Old English here ‘army’ as the first element, perhaps in the sense ‘host’, ‘assembly’.
• English : There is also a record of this name as a variant of Cornish Penhollow.

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