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As a name standing by itself, it's a good name.
To me, though, it's an "old lady" name, as I know a few in my community, and they are all about 70.

I prefer Arletta. I know a sweet lady by this name.

I've always had a fondness for it, ever since I read in a history book about a Norman Duke coming across a lovely Arlette washing linen in a stream. (She became William the Conqueror's mother).
I think it could work today.

This message was edited 9/7/2009, 1:27 AM

Arlette is one of my favorites! I agree with you about the somewhat harsh 'ar' sound being balanced out with the 'lette' suffix. My favorite part about the name, though, is the meaning--I love eagles, they're always so free and independent. It's an all around great name, better, in my mind, than Charlotte and other similar names.

It sounds and looks like a very Southern name. I just looked it up on here and I can't believe it has so much history! I kind of thought it was a feminized version of Arnold, or a mashing together of two names.

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