Why don’t people use this??
It’s cute! People use plant and flower names all the time, why not this?
I think it could be a wonderful alternative to [name]Chloe[/name]!
But it’s not pronounced like [name]Chloe[/name] – it’s pronounced “[name]Ah[/name]-loy” (like boy), not A-low-ee.
I don’t know - it’s a great plant and I’m all for plant names but it just seems strange.
As [name]Moxie[/name] said, Aloe sure looks like [name]Chloe[/name] (and [name]Zoe[/name]), but it’s pronounced differently. I’ve always pronounced Aloe with a “low” sound (long O), as in Aloe [name]Vera[/name]. (You can go to an online dictionary site to hear it pronounced aloud.) I’m with [name]Moxie[/name], that Aloe feels and sounds strange as a name. I do love plant and floral names, though! 
Good luck!
I’m with the others, it’s a miracle plant, but not a good name. I’ve only ever heard it pronounced a-low (a pronounced like in the word at).
Ya it’s pronounced [name]Al[/name]-Low.
I think it’s cute!
I know it’s not [name]Chloe[/name], but alternatives don’t have to rhyme, just be similar…
I think Aloe [name]Vera[/name] is the prettiest sounding plant name, although I would NEVER put both in a name…
If someone on a tv show or in a movie had this name, people would start to consider it. It’s not a bad sounding word for a name. Plants are nice. A little bit of child psychology you might want to consider before you go ahead with it is that it’s one thing if you are named after a nice flower like [name]Rose[/name], [name]Heather[/name], perhaps [name]Lilac[/name] or [name]Gardenia[/name], something you can identify as “pretty,” smells nice, maybe has a historical meaning or symbolism, like [name]Rosemary[/name]. It’s quite another to resent your parents for naming you after the stuff you put on a sunburn, just because it sounds nice.
There would be quite a few “What’s your middle name, [name]Vera[/name]?” jokes, and the occasional nickname Barbadensis. It’s true that it’s a pleasant sound and a healing plant, so perhaps someday it will develop a following but the pioneers of this name would have my sympathy.
Ya i’m not considering it or anything, just wondering why people don’t use it…
You know, it is not a bad question, given the arbitratiness of why some names take off and others do not. I could see a celebrity using it.
When pronounced correctly, it sounds like alloy, and then I think about metal alloys and memories of horrible Chemistry lessons come flooding back, so I personally don’t like this name.
I used to pronounce it [name]Ah[/name]-low, but that isn’t great for a name either, as it sounds too much like a variation on hello (Allo, allo, allo, what have we here? said the policeman).
I’m wondering what makes you say that the correct pronunciation is alloy? I’ve never heard anything but al-oh, and I just looked it up and that’s what I found… I’m not being rude, just curious.
It appears in the dictionary (several entries) as having evolved in the language to al-oh from al-o-ee (like the OP suggests) or aluwe, which is close in the ear to al-oy. Wikipedia also says it sometimes appears with an umlaut over the e (” - if that doesn’t get mangled by the internet ghosts). I don’t know how that would get pronounced. I still say [name]Al[/name]-oh. Most would not correct it to an archaic pronunciation (or perhaps that’s how English or Canadians still say it).
I think it depends where you’re from - I’m pretty sure folks around here (way way way out west) pronounce it Alloy. At least everyone knows what I’m talking about when I ask if they have any for my sunburn!
that said I’ve definitely heard it as [name]Ah[/name]-low [name]Vera[/name]. But when just saying Aloe alone I say Alloy.
I love the girls name Aloe. [name]Chloe[/name] is really overused.
I [name]LOVE[/name] Aloe! It would be harder to wear as a first than a middle, but the thought of cool, soothing aloe balm and that crisp almost cucumber-y scent is pretty irresistible. I love names that pack that amount of imagery and pleasant association.
I pronounce it as [name]Al[/name]-oh and it reminds me of a person with a cockney accent saying ‘hello’!
This.
In Australia, it’s pronounced ‘[name]Al[/name]-oh’, and I don’t think it would work at all. Everyone would follow up with ‘…[name]Vera[/name]?’, or it would just sound like ‘hello’, or both.
It grows naturally around here and it’s pronounced al-low in English and Spanish by everyone I’ve ever heard. I think it’s not seen as name material, because it’s such an ordinary plant with practical uses in every day life. It’s something in most peoples medicine cabinets, and is used as a dietary supplement, not things most people look for in a name.
It makes me think of Aloe [name]Vera[/name]! Maybe use it as a middle name.