Nuala

[Mollydoggerson]

what do people think of Nuala

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

Love it, rarely hear it these days.

[mathanxiety]

Kind of a classic Irish name, very nice.

[FriggFRIGG]

LOVE IT!

[Lonnie]

pretty

[5DollarShake]

Underused.

[SherlockHolmes]

Never heard of it. No idea how to pronounce in either. TBH it sounds like a brand of nail varnish. Sorry.

[SherlockHolmes]

it not in

[puffling]

If I was Irish I might like it. I like the look of the word but not the sound 'Noola'.

[maisiemackenzie]

I have one! Obviously i love it, but i have to say, nobody ever knows what i'm saying when i say her name, and i have to repeat it which drives me insane..

[whydobirdssuddenlyappear]

It's gorgeous. I like Fionnuala too. I love Irish names. If I still had my maiden name, I could have got away with really, really Irish names for my dcs, but sadly I took DH's name.

[FriggFRIGG]

i covet Fionnuala its my name of the moment

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Love it.

[ragged]

I would ?probably mispronounce it. If you're living in Britain and it's said "Noola" I would spell it Noola. But then do they get teased about Noodles?

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

You can't spell it Noola!

Fionnuala is lovely as well.

[FriggFRIGG]

spell it Noola!??! FGS!

[ragged]

How do you say it? Do you say it New-owl-uh? That's what I, as an English speaker, assume from the spelling.

[laiyan]

love it

[lalabaloo]

I love it! But agree that you definitely couldn't spell it "Noola"

[Trinaluce]

I think it's very pretty, but we know one so wouldn't use it. She's a lovely lady, but the name's too much connected to her for us :)

[msbuggywinkle]

It is lovely, DD2's friend's name, but she is the only one we know. 'Noola' is daft.

[Mollydoggerson]

It's pronounced like a Duala (birthing partner - is duala the correct spelling?), but with an N.

I live in Ireland and over here it would be considered an out of fashion granny name, very rural name. So it's not considered fashionable over here, but it sounds nice to me.

Thanks for opinions.

[mathanxiety]

That would be doula. I would pronounce nuala with a schwa sound in the middle: NOO-(uh)-la

[dangalf]

I love it - think it is a gorgeous name and was on my girl's name shortlist

[Twiga]

Love it!