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Lola, Isla, Orla

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faireyqueen · 22/06/2008 10:42

Lola, Isla, Orla??
Help us decide please....

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throckenholt · 22/06/2008 13:48

my preference would be Isla, followed by Orla - don't like Lola though.

hayley2u · 22/06/2008 13:46

love them all. isla fisher, she was very pretty, orla quite irish but stunning.
lola is lovely but aint there a cartoon character called lola and charlie

chilledmama · 22/06/2008 13:30

Have friend you also MNs and her DD3 is called Orla and its a lovely name

Mummywannabe · 22/06/2008 13:27

We have chosen Isla Rose for a girl (subject to her looking like something else)due in 2 weeks, despite my dad saying what happens if she marries a man called ....white she will be Isla White. . Still love it though

greenelizabeth · 22/06/2008 13:12

love Isla, but it's bang on trend, Orla is pretty and unusual. Lola is just too insubstantial and sexual. Perhaps Eloise with nn of Lola ok though. A Lola should have a proper name to fall back on.

SummerC · 22/06/2008 12:55

Personally, none of them.

Caz10 · 22/06/2008 12:21

I don't think Isla is faddy, but then I'm in Scotland and it's a traditional name here.

Isla or Orla

Heated · 22/06/2008 12:19

My spellchecker changed Orla to Oral which is reason enough not to choose it imo.

Isla is lovely. Also like Iris and Iona in a similar vein.

There's a horrible definition for Lola in one of the urban dictionaries but how much it's a genuine slang word or just totally made up I don't know. I like Lola as a diminutive of a longer name, think it's too casual otherwise.

uptomyeyes · 22/06/2008 11:18

Orla - DS3 was going to be Orla or Lydia.

One of his best mates is Isla.

Bucharest · 22/06/2008 11:14

Orla,
Isla is going to be very "now" and then be seen as very faddy.

champagneandroses · 22/06/2008 11:07

I like Isla

chonky · 22/06/2008 11:04

Orla

yama · 22/06/2008 11:03

Isla Rose would be lovely.

allgonebellyup · 22/06/2008 11:00

Isla Isla Isla!!!!!!!!!!

this was my top name for my 2nd baby - but alas, he was a boy! and i wont be having any more babies!

Buda · 22/06/2008 10:59

I like Orla! My sis is Orla.

PuppyMonkey · 22/06/2008 10:59

None

LaDiDaDi · 22/06/2008 10:58

I like Orla.

CrushWithEyeliner · 22/06/2008 10:53

not lola anything but lola

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faireyqueen · 22/06/2008 10:50

Mrs Macaroon, thats funny, we are thinking Rose as a middle name!

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MrsMacaroon · 22/06/2008 10:48

Isla was top on our list, then she came out and I just knew she should be called Rose...it wasn't even on our list. Bizarre.

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cornsilk · 22/06/2008 10:43

Not Lola.
I like Orla.