I LOVE my name choice for 2nd girl, baby #3 & very few other people do.

[themrs.]

Aside from whether I like the name or not, I think Arrow Claire is a pretty combo

[mxs]

@newfootprints

You're right. I should have been more specific. Arrow isn't a lousy name because it isn't actually a name. It's simply a lousy choice for a name.

[nvettie]

I don't dislike the name at all. The only thing I would be concerned about is that the name doesn't seem to age very well. I can't imagine a thirty year old woman named Arrow. It's not my style, but she's YOUR daughter, so the only thing that's important is that you and your husband love the name.

[alexa400]

I have to disagree mxs, Arrow is not going to be everyone's taste but it isn't a "lousy name".

I do agree that there is no harm in broadening your name options and not to get fixation on only one name, often when a baby arrives parents find they pick another name then what they were intending to, so options are good to have. I'm trying to have 3 top names for boys and girls so I'll be able to change my mind a little bit.

I agree with this completely.

I LOVE LOVE the sound of Arrow and I think it's just the strong connection to the word 'Arrow' that's causing everybody to question the name, though honestly it doesn't really bother me. And personally I think Aero is such a unique name that it could very easily be feminine but if you don't like that spelling it's also spelled 'Eero' and I like the pp's suggestions of Sparrow & Yarrow. Or using Arrow as a nickname.
Some others that you might consider:
Saro- from an Appalachian folk song 'Sweet Saro'
Carrow- another word name (though I like Arrow better)
Darrow- Surname (Clarence Darrow)

But if Arrow is what you really love, then go for it. Disregard us, really all that matters is YOU love it.

[beanie]

Wow, there are a few really mean-spirited responses on this thread! Arrow isn't my style either, but I don't think it's indicative of some kind of short coming where the parents are concerned. Actually, when you set aside the weaponry connection, the sound of the word itself is quite pretty. IMO, it has more substance than a made up name like Nevaeh, and it's miles better than saddling the poor kid with a silly spelling or the name of an alcoholic drink or something.

[lovatotomato]

I do really like the name Arrow. And I like the meaning it has for you. I would recommend keeping the spelling as Arrow, otherwise it just seems like your trying to hard for me.
As a pp mentioned it does seem a little too themey with Hunter, but they will be mentioned as a pair for such a short period of time.
When someone else mentioned their concern over how the name will age... well its something to consider.
My son is named after my husband's grandfathers and for a girl I really LOVE the name Poppy Elizabeth after my grandfather who I call Poppy and my grandmother. Elizabeth is way too common for me to be used as a FN. But I don't really know how I feel about the way the name Poppy ages, when you get past age 12 I just start thinking nasty woman in a country club.
I also really love the name Dash for a boy or girl, but again the way it ages, I'm not so sure.
As for having an unusual name ruin your kids life, my name is Kaleena and I love my unusual name, and you would not believe the amount of crap my mom got for it. I actually grew up feeling bad for people who had common names like Jennifer and all of the confusion that surrounded there being so many girls my age named that. I still do actually. Ugh and don't even get me started on the hell that was having a house guest with the same name as my husband for a week.
My advice to you is to start keeping your mouth shut in regards to your child's name until after she is born. Its your choice and your aunt's opinion really doesn't need to factor in. The only reason why people knew my sons name before he was born is because we had to ask my husbands grandfather's permission. Other than that mum's the word from us.

[thuja]

Hunter and Zoe are good; Arrow is just terrible.....Sorry. And I like unisex names. I find the combination of Hunter and Arrow especially disturbing. If this is the only name you say you can love, maybe a road trip? Some way of getting out of Dodge and letting new inspiration into your life? I think it's a great rule of thumb when making decisions to come up with three alternatives all of which would leave you completely at peace......

[mrstrivette]

@ nat108 - My husband wishes he was Ted Nugent!

[mrstrivette]

@ agirlinred - I really needed to vent!

[mrstrivette]

There are only a select few trusted individuals that we truely know that know we are having a girl. Our mother's don't even know 'cause we know they'd be too excited to keep it secret. And this time we are not revealing the name to family & friends until birth. Before we found out what we were having this time, I did tell a few that I liked Arrow for a girl. My mother-in-law said "The more I say it, the more I like it." My sister said "Well that would be different, I like it." My mother was the one that said "If you have a girl & name her that, I'm gonna have to call her by her middle name or come up with a nickname." I thought that was very rude! But, I didn't expect anything less from my mother. My nephew Mason, her response was "You're naming him after a jar?" She still calls him Mason. My nephew Chase, her response was "That's something you do." She still calls him Chase. She didn't care for Hunter, but she still calls him Hunter. So my mother's opinion has ZERO ability to sway me & her not liking the name, to me, means that it's a good choice. :-)

We were set on Zoe from the moment when found out our first was a girl. There was no "back up" name. We were set on Hunter for a boy before knowing we were having a boy. There was no "back up" name. And we've had ZERO regrets. It has taken us longer, or at least has taken my husband longer this time to be ready to say yes to a name because he said "We used our aces in the hole already so it's gonna alot harder this time." He said this before we knew boy or girl so he wasn't willing to even think about names 'til we knew.

And to mxs - you have some nerve calling all kids jerks! Kids are pure & innocent until someone older teaches them how to be jerks.