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Robin's actually the best of your names and while Michael on its own doesn't seem too exciting, the fact that it has significance gives it charm 'cause it's not ugly... just widely used.

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Arlo and Holden don't do it for me though... esp. Holden. Too surnamey Arlo's tolerable, though it's nmsaa. William and Lewis are fairly neutral names to me.

This message was edited 10/12/2010, 4:45 AM

I love this name, I think it's so handsome! I think it goes quite well with your other names for future sons, I'd love to see it used. =)

I like Robin very much: it's been on my top 10 since before I had a top 10! I also like William very much and Lewis somewhat. Holden used to be the Australian name for Ford cars, so that with Catcher in the Rye eliminates it for me, and Arlo is too Guthrie.

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Robin Michael works very nicely. My cousin is Arthur Robin, always known as Robin (the ln starts with T - rather ART than RAT!)

I really like Robin for a boy and Robin Michael is a nice combo. Holden Lewis is also a good combo and would match with Robin Michael. Arlo doesn't fit in though, but William as a mn would work for another fn.

I like Robin. It reminds me of Robin Hood. I think it fits with the other names well enough, but not perfectly. Robert would be more consistent with the style or the siblings, but I like Robin better. Robin Michael is good.

Yes, yes, yes to Robin for a boy! Love it. Robin Michael it is. :-) I'm sure it's a gender thing, but I always think of Robin and Cary together. I love them both for boys.

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Arlo William is folksy-terrific. Perfect with Robin Michael.

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I'm not into Holden. It makes me think the parent never matured beyond "Catcher in the Rye." I never read the book so I shouldn't judge. It's just that everyone else did as a teen and so that's how I associate it. So Holden is rather an immature choice to me. Sorry. And the "-ew-" in Lewis is unattractive to my eyes. I much prefer Louis, unless Lewis is a family surname for you.

This message was edited 10/10/2010, 1:16 PM

I'm not really a fan of the name Robin for a girl or a boy, but I like Robin Michael. That's very handsome.

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I think Robin goes well with Arlo. Not so sure about Holden though.

I hold what seems to be the minority opinion that it's effeminate on a boy. Which doesn't mean that I like it on a girl, as I don't. It's one of those names that is too feminine for a boy and too masculine for a girl. Just neither nor.

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Not only that, but it seems too nicknamey (on a boy, at least), because it started out as a nickname for Robert, and I'm of the opinion that if it's going to be used for a boy, it should still be used as such. On a girl, it seems that it's a bird name, but I wouldn't want to think of it as a bird name on a boy, so nickname for Robert it would be. If I really loved Robin on a boy, I'd rather name him Robert and call him Robin, so he has options later in life. As the wife of a man who decided that his childhood nickname was effeminate and chose not to go by it, I'm sensitive to those things.

It doesn't go with Arlo at all. It's fine with Holden and Holden and Arlo are fine together. I think Robin is old and stuffy for both genders. It's out dated. I do like it's nickname, Robbie.

It's a favorite of mine, too. My husband said no to it, or it might have been my son's name. I guess it may have a slightly childish image for some people, in the abstract (but I think on a grown man it can be perfectly manly and suitable).

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I don't personally think it goes with Arlo and Holden. I'd put Russell or Rhys with those. Not that brothers' names need to match.

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Robin Michael is great.

This message was edited 10/10/2010, 12:26 AM