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Orla Elspeth

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ineedbanoffee · 02/11/2016 21:35

I've been on here with about a hundred middle name options so far for Orla. Now DH and I are talking about this. Do you think it's a mouthful?

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Scotmum83 · 08/11/2016 17:49

Orla Elizabeth runs better than Elspeth. But I love both names.

17caterpillars1mouse · 05/11/2016 07:43

Love it, especially Elspeth (so wish I could convince dh of it)

I do think Orlaith Elspeth looks better though but I guess with that comes pronunciation difficulties for some

SpunkyMummy · 04/11/2016 07:03

What about Orla Elizabeth? Or Orla Victoire
Orla Jane
Orla Clare/Claire
Orla Rose
Orla Fay
Orla Louise

I really like Orla Rose and Orla Clare :)

But if you like Orla Elspeth then you should go for it.

JinkxMonsoon · 03/11/2016 20:27

My first thought was that it's a mouthful, I'm afraid.

Elspeth alone is quite the tongue twister.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 03/11/2016 20:23

Most names are marmite.

TooPlain · 03/11/2016 20:04

I think it's a mouthful and also Orla is Irish and Elspeth is Scottish. This bugs me for some reason and I can't think of them as going together. I like Orla though.

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user1472334322 · 03/11/2016 19:58

Orla Elizabeth flows better I think. I do like the name elspeth though. Why don't you use that as first name if dh is changing his mind on oral?! Good luck. When is dd3 due?

UnicornPee · 03/11/2016 19:57

Orla is too like oral and isn't a nice word to say

SpunkyMummy · 03/11/2016 19:05

I absolutely love the name Orla.

Elspeth is the name (nickname?) of a nasty step grand aunt of mine, which is probably why I don't like it that much.

But Orla Elspeth is nice. And it has a lot of shouting potential (at least in German).

Orla Elspeth Müller, komm sofort her und mach deine Hausaufgaben!! 😂

Abetes · 03/11/2016 16:33

Like them both but not together.

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SorenaJ · 03/11/2016 14:14

Dislike Orla, like Elspeth

Strawberry90 · 03/11/2016 13:17

I love the name Orla. Don't overthink it. Maybe wait til you see what she looks like and then call it. It's hard when not your first child as you use up all your favourite names on the earlier one!!

TheNewWife · 03/11/2016 13:03

I'm naming first child and losing the plot - we just don't have similar tastes AT ALL! Baby likely to be called c'mere at this rate!

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ineedbanoffee · 03/11/2016 10:44

DH has gone off Orla! Gah!

This is DD3 so I think we are losing the plot Shock Grin

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TheNewWife · 03/11/2016 10:36

Apologies, I misunderstood- definitely then!

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ineedbanoffee · 03/11/2016 10:18

thenewwife I didn't say we'd hyphenate it (we definitely wouldn't - Elspeth was just a middle name suggestion Smile ).

oleoleoleole I love Orla Joy but Joy is SIL's middle name and she wants to use it if she ever has a DD, and was a bit weird about the idea of us using it. It put DH off.

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TheNewWife · 03/11/2016 06:55

Have Elspeth just as a middle name? I think it's a mouthful when double barrelled as a first name with Orla.
loveyogalovelife is right though, I've heard friends naming their kids and thought 'bloody hell, that's awful' but 3/4/5 years on it's just their wee names and it suits them.
If you and hubby love it, that's all that matters

loveyogalovelife · 03/11/2016 06:52

Orla Elspeth is lovely, go with your heart. I wouldn't have chosen most of the names of my friends' kids but they wear them so well, now I think they're perfect... each has such different character so why not different names Smile

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 03/11/2016 06:33

I have an Orla on its own . Couldn't find a middle name !

ohdearme1958 · 03/11/2016 06:22

I think they are both lovely names when used alone - there was just something about the combination that made my eye have a crash and see Orla as Oral.

Manumission · 03/11/2016 06:18

Elspeth is gorgeous.

Not so wild about Orla - sorry.

ovenchips · 03/11/2016 05:59

IMHO they feel very clunky in your mouth saying them together in that order. I don't feel like they 'go' together through their sound or in fact their spelling.

However unless you are planning on always using both names as their form of address 'Come here Orla Elspeth!' it doesn't much matter tbh.

I gave my children middle names. Neither they, nor us, nor anyone else really, ever use or refer to them. It only seems a big deal in that newborn period.