Arlo (pronounced AR-loh) is a traditionally male given name. Some sources state it to be of

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

origin, meaning "from the hill fort"; it was first used by

Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of ...

, who "evidently invented" it, as the name of a hill where the gods debate in his poem ''

The Faerie Queene ''The Faerie Queene'' is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books IIII were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IVVI. ''The Faerie Queene'' is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 sta ...

'' (1590 and 1596). 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. {{tocright

People

Arts and sciences

Arlo Bates Arlo Bates (December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918) was an American author, educator and newspaperman. Biography Arlo Bates was born at East Machias, Maine, East Machias, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1876. In 1880 Bates became the ...

(1850–1918), American author, educator and newspaperman * Arlo Gilliam (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and record producer *

Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Gut ...

(born 1947), American folk singer * Arlo Haskell, historian, poet, literary organizer, and publisher *

Arlo Hemphill Arlo Hanlin Hemphill (born October 7, 1971) is an American wilderness advocate. His educational background is in marine biology. Hemphill is a Fellow National of the Explorers Club and has been listed in ''Nature'' (Myers ''et al.'' 2000) as one ...

(born 1971), American explorer, ocean conservationist and film actor * Arlo U. Landolt (1935–2022), American astronomer *

Arlo Parks Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho (born 9 August 2000), known professionally as Arlo Parks, is a British singer and songwriter. Her debut studio album, ''Collapsed in Sunbeams'', was released in 2021 to critical acclaim and peaked at number thr ...

(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

* Arlo Hullinger (1921–2021), American politician *

Arlo Looking Cloud Arlo Looking Cloud (born Fritz Arlo Looking Cloud; March 25, 1954) is a former Native American activist. He is perhaps best known for his involvement with the murder of fellow American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash. Early life Looki ...

(born 1954), Native American activist * Arlo Schmidt (1931-2022), American politician *

Arlo Smith Arlo Smith is a former District Attorney of San Francisco, California. He served from 1980 to 1996, and was defeated in November 1995 by Terence Hallinan. Smith lost to Dan Lungren Daniel Edward Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is an American ...

, District Attorney of San Francisco, California, during 1980–1996

Sports

Arlo Brunsberg Arlo Adolph Brunsberg (born August 15, 1940) is an American former professional baseball player. A catcher born in Fertile, Minnesota, he appeared in two games in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in , and forged a nine season (1962 ...

(born 1940), former professional baseball player *

Arlo Bugeja Arlo (Budgie) Bugeja (born 18 March 1986 in Humbug Scrub, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian speedway rider. Starting with Gillman Speedway he moved to the UK to mechanic for Glasgow Tigers' Lee Smethills, before getting his Premier ...

(born 1986), Australian speedway rider *

Arlo Chavez Arlo Chavez is a Filipino boxer who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is a gold medalist in the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and is the most successful Filipino boxer in the Southeast Asian Games with four gold medals. Personal life ...

(born 1966), Filipino boxer who has competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics *

Arlo Eisenberg Arlo Eisenberg (born 1973) is an aggressive inline skater who pioneered street skating. He is considered by many to be an important innovator of the aggressive skating industry. Biography Early life Born in Dallas, Texas on September 7, 1973, Arlo ...

(born 1973), American aggressive inline skater *

Arlo White Arlo James White (born 2 June 1973) is an English sports presenter and commentator, originally from Leicester. He is the play-by-play commentator for Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer, and for the LIV Golf league. White previously worked for ...

(born 1973), English sports commentator

Fictional characters

Television

* Arlo Beauregard, in the 2021 Netflix animated series ''

I Heart Arlo ''I Heart Arlo'' (stylized as ''I ♥ Arlo'') is an American Traditional animation, 2D animated Adventure fiction, adventure-Television comedy, comedy Musical theatre#Film and TV musicals, musical streaming television series created by Ryan Cre ...

'', voiced by

Michael J. Woodard Michael Jordan Woodard (born October 6, 1997) is an American singer and voice actor. He made it to the top 5 on season 16 of ''American Idol'' before being eliminated. He is the voice of Arlo in the Netflix film ''Arlo the Alligator Boy'' and th ...

Arlo Davenport ''Hollyoaks'' is a long-running Channel 4 soap opera in the United Kingdom. This is a list of characters who first appeared on the programme during 2010, listed in order of their first appearance. In January 2010, it was announced that Paul Marq ...

, on the British soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

'' *

Arlo Dean This is a list of characters from the British soap opera ''Family Affairs'' listed in alphabetical order by the characters' surnames. A * Scarlett Anderson Scarlett Anderson was played by Cat Simmons during 2005. She seduces Les Boulte ...

, on the British soap opera ''

Family Affairs ''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...

'' * Arlo Givens, on the television series '' Justified'', portrayed by Raymond J. Barry *

Arlo Glass The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series '' 24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', and '' 24: Legacy'' by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their ...

, on the 8th season of the television series '' 24''

Films

* Arlo Pear, in the 1988 comedy film '' Moving'', portrayed by Richard Pryor * Arlo, in the 2002 comedy film ''

Orange County Orange County most commonly refers to: *Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area Orange County may also refer to: U.S. counties *Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando *Orange County, Indiana *Orange County, New ...

'', played by Kyle Howard * Arlo, a young

green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...

Apatosaurus ''Apatosaurus'' (; meaning "deceptive lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. Othniel Charles Marsh described and named the first-known species, ''A. ajax'', in 1877, an ...

and the main character in the 2015

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californi ...

animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...

film ''

The Good Dinosaur ''The Good Dinosaur'' is a 2015 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Sohn (in his feature directorial debut) an ...

'' * Arlo Beauregard, the lead titular character in the 2021 Netflix film ''

Arlo the Alligator Boy ''Arlo the Alligator Boy'' is a 2021 American 2D animated adventure musical film directed by Ryan Crego in his directorial debut. The film is led by Michael J. Woodard and Mary Lambert in their debut acting roles as Arlo and Bertie respectivel ...

'', voiced by Michael J. Woodard

Comics

* one of the titular characters of ''

Arlo and Janis ''Arlo and Janis'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip written and drawn by Jimmy Johnson (cartoonist), Jimmy Johnson. It is a leisurely paced domestic situation comedy. It was first published in newspapers on July 29, 1985. Cast The focus of ...

'', an American comic strip

References

English masculine given names