Arlo

Arlo carries the scuffed boots and easy grin of a folk singer on a small stage. Of uncertain origin, possibly drawn from the Irish place name Aherlow meaning between two highlands, or from the Anglo-Saxon for fortified hill, it was memorably popularized by Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody, whose ballad Alice's Restaurant gave the name a wink of countercultural charm. It now sits at 146 on the American boys chart, a hipster staple gone mainstream. Two syllables, the bright open AR and the rolling O. Warm, folksy, a little bit bohemian. Nickname potential is slim and that is part of its appeal. Whole and sure.