Iris or Nuala

[Giantbabybump24]

I quite like the names Iris and Nuala (pronounced noola, unless I’m mistaken)

Will have an older brother called Orrin. What do people think sounds better?

[LipstickHandbagCoffee]

Nuala by a country mile and Goes with orrin

[1moonshine2]

Nuala definitely, Nuala and Orrin are both of Irish origin whereas i do believe Iris is originally of Greek.

[dinosaurkisses]

Nuala is seen as very old fashioned in Ireland if that matters to you- it’s the equivalent of like Doreen or Mavis.

[DramaAlpaca]

Yup, Nuala is such a granny name in Ireland. You might as well call her Doris.

Iris is much nicer.

[popsanddolls]

Iris it's beautiful

[Giantbabybump24]

Thanks, not really that fussed on both names being Irish- just coincidence that they both are!

[Calphurnia]

Depends on what accent is local to you.

I love Iris, but no go due to MiL's accent

[Giantbabybump24]

Interesting that nuala is a bit of a granny name- just like the sound of it but imagine she’ll have a lifetime of explaining how to pronounce it!

[SpacePenguin]

Nuala, definitely. Gorgeous name. I know youngish Nualas (30s, 40s), but absolutely no granny's with that name. Love the name and it would be on my girls name list in a heartbeat. Due a comeback, imo.

You could try Noor or Nora if you wanted something sort of similar but with a more direct phonic spelling.

[moredoll]

Iris

[WerewolfNumber1]

Nuala goes well with Orrin, plus it’s v cool.

[junebirthdaygirl]

Nuala is fabulous and not common so yes to that.
Love lris too but Nuala is better with your boy. I wouldn't worry about it being oldfashioned as l have heard it mentioned a few times recently so not too out there. Youngest one l know is 27.

[TheDowagerCuntess]

Could I interest you in Fionnuala? Pn (unless I'm much mistaken) Fin-oola.

Fion (Fin) is a nice nickname.

[Sophronia]

Nuala

[Courtney555]

Iris is beautiful.

The other one, I've never heard of, I pronounced in my head as "Noo-wah-la" which sounds suspiciously like koala, or something from The Lion King.

I think Nuala, DD would spend her life going "it's NOO-LA"

Iris, is just Iris, and truly lovely.

[OkPedro]

Its pronounced New La Courtney

There is no "Wah" sound in there so it
sounds nothing like koala..

[LipstickHandbagCoffee]

No,no wah in nuala
Quite straightforward it’s Noo-la
No wah, no new

[Courtney555]

I see that from the thread. But people won't have this thread... That's what I mean, she'll spend half her life correcting mispronounciation (which I'm sure I've just misspelled 🤔😅)

[pineappple]

Nuala

[NonaGrey]

Nuala is a pretty well known Irish name in my opinion. I don’t live in Ireland and I’ve known several.

Telling people how to pronounce your name really isn’t that big a deal.

Iris is also lovely though OP.

[Rarfy]

I thought new ahh la as well and the lion king weirdly.

But pronounced Noola it's lovely. Love Iris too and wouldn't mind it for my own but worry about isis.

[Greenglassteacup]

Wtf worry about Isis?!!!!

[Rarfy]

Yes, kids used anything to give an awful nickname.

[wildewillow]

Iris is a flower/Greek goddess of the rainbow. Isis (once a lovely - now rendered unusable - name of an Egyptian goddess) is a name given by the media to a terrorist organisation.
No child is going to ever associate the two together and if they did it's not a nn that would ever stick, adults would stop that right away.

Both Iris and Nuala are lovely. Iris would be my pick.

[RavenWings]

Nuala is awful. It's like naming your kid Shirley or Carol these days - totally out of style. It's not like Iris, Betty etc which are granny chic.