Pls look at my (weird?) girls' name list

[mrsnoname]

Before you ask they are mostly foreign names. Are they too weird for this country or it's just in my head?

Orla
Edua
Imola
Lelle
Viola

[DurhamDurham]

Orla- A bit old fashioned
Edua- Quite nice
Imola--Sounds like a disease
Lelle- Lovely
Viola-Lovely

I love the name Violet atm.

[ItsJustMyOpinion]

IMO, I think you might be able to get away with Orla or Viola, but not too sure about the others. Unless, of course you are not British, then they may be ok.

Sorry, im not being much help am I?

[typsical]

Orla - love!
Edua - Is it pronounced how it is spelled?
Imola - mole?
Lelle - pretty
Viola - prefer Violet

[FerminaUrbinoDaza]

Orla - great
Edua - a bit lost on this one
Imola - unfortunate associations - mole - ebola - emollient - soory
Lelle - quite like it
Viola - nice, but prefer Violetta or Violate

[BonniePrinceBilly]

Imola sounds like Ebola. Lelle, not sure how to say.

[Ineedsomesleep]

Orla - know a couple of Orlas, so its not that unusual IMO
Edua - not heard of this but its pretty
Imola - sounds too much like Ebola
Lelle - ok
Viola - like

[jkklpu]

Isn't Imola a grand prix track?
Orla and Viola are great

[FerminaUrbinoDaza]

Ah yes, I just realised I wasn't reading Lelle in English but another language. No idea how to pronounce it in English

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Orla is my DD! Not unusual at all in Ireland. In fact pretty popular in England. If you are going for something 'different' it may not be the name for you.
Like Lelle & Viola though.

[mrsnoname]

Thanks ladies,
I am British, but not born and bred in the UK, so I guess that qualifies me for using these names .

Orla - DH's least favourite
Edua - simply love it, could be pronounced either with an ?A? or ?E? sound I guess
Imola - think of the F1 track in Italy, same pronunciation (more of an ?E? sound)
Lelle - same as Elle only with an ?L? at the beginning
Viola - here I prefer the original pronunciation where the second letter is pronounced 'e', rather than 'i'.

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Edua is really pretty now I know how to pronounce it.

[mrsnoname]

... and what do think of Tabitha?
DH's computer says NO, not unless I give birth to a kitten ...

[SlightlyTubbyHali]

Some of them are slightly odd, tbh.

Orla is not, but is quite popular atm.

Not sure about Edua, it could be very pretty.

Imola is a racing track to me. Or possibly some sort of aqueous cream...

Lelle - to me this is the oddest of the bunch.

Viola - very pretty, esp if pronounced Vile-er, rather that Vi-OH-la.

[FakePlasticTrees]

well, if you name your DD after a F1 track, you have to accept she'll be asked regularly if that was where she was concieved. (Am assuming it's not why you've picked that name)

Orla - pretty. It will be reshuffled to say Oral when she's at school.
Edua - nice.
Lelle - sounds like a nickname, is short for anything?
Viola - only hope she's not musical.

I like Tabitha.

[mrsnoname]

How can we shorten Tabitha?

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Tab or Taggie.

[myhandslooksoold]

lelle sounds a bit like a sanitary product to me- sorry!

[QueenGigantaurofMnet]

nope. I normally quite like the slightly off ball type names but they all seem a bit...try hard.

tabitha will become "biffa" when she 's at school.

[purpleduck]

Vile -er???

do you mean Vile - ah?

[mrsnoname]

gosh FPT, I like to think of myself as a lightweight exhibitionist, but having sex at an F1 race...

[Tortington]

Orla - meh
Edua - no
Imola - soundsl ike ebola
Lelle - sounds like a made up dogs name
Viola - the kid will forever be asked vee ola or vie ola? whilst other kids call her vile

i do like viola though prefer violet

[mrsnoname]

Oh dear, it's all going downhill...

[SpeedyGonzalez]

Orla - like
Edua - hmmm...not convinced
Imola - no no no! Reminds me of 'immolation'!!
Lelle - sounds like a child trying to say 'yellow'
Viola - not keen either

sorry!

How about:
Eda/ Edda
Elma (hmm...Fudd? Pr'aps not then )
Ania/ Anya


Custyyyyyy!

[MrsVincentPrice]

Viola and Orla should be fine.
Lelle makes me think of the dreaded Lelli Kelli shoes (assuming that's how you'd pronounce it).

[BendyBores]

I LOVE Tabitha.

I would shorten it to Tabs. Like Orla too, but it's not unusual.