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Opheila - growing in popularity? Other 'O' names?

32 replies

Cortina · 13/06/2010 02:33

Any takers? Any know any under 3s?

Would you choose it ahead of Octavia?

Which other nice O names for girls are out there?

Ondine
Onnalee - I know one named after Puff the Magic Dragin
Olga (not sure this one is nice)..!

Also how is Mair - pronounced? Just been reading about a girl called Mair. Is it mare like the horse? Or as in nightmare? . Thanks.

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livviloo · 15/06/2010 15:01

in my family we have
Ornella
Ombretta
Olivia
and I know Ottilie, Ophelia and Orla

mopsyflopsy · 15/06/2010 14:29

I don't like Ophelia - sounds too much like Offal...

But I love Octavia and Ottilie!

takethatlady · 15/06/2010 11:48

PS - I also love Orelie. It goes beautifully with our surname. Again DH rules it out (this time because if you don't put the stress on the first syllable it sounds like 'orally'.) But I think it's lovely.

takethatlady · 15/06/2010 11:47

I still like Ophelia - it's so pretty - but it could be shortened to 'Offie', which no-one wants, unless they're a bit of an alcoholic! I suppose Fee is the more likely nn she'd get.

I love Orla but my DH rules it out because there was once a woman in Big Brother (I think she spelt it Orlaith) who had amazing breasts, apparently, and that's what he thinks of when he hears that name. Honestly.

loobylu3 · 14/06/2010 17:23

I love Olympia although I know it is not popular on mn!
Oriana is pretty but it does sound like a good name for a cruise liner!
Other pretty 'O' names:
Olivia, Odessa, Orla, Odette, Oriel

Not too keen on Ophelia and Octavia.

sedgiebaby · 14/06/2010 17:12

Orli; Orella; Orchid; Opal; Onora; Ortensia Orna; Oceana; Odele.
Ophelia is pretty but yeah I take Pasiphae's view

winkle2 · 14/06/2010 17:11

Ophelia is lovely. I would have it if OH's surname didnt start with O.

I'm sorry people but Olga? Hideous name.

Octivia to me sounds posh and trying to hard.

LilyBolero · 14/06/2010 17:04

Oriana is lovely I think.

Pasiphae · 14/06/2010 14:44

Ophelia's lovely. But I don't like the shakespearian's one so be miffed if people linked it to it.
Ornella? Oriel/Orielle?

Gigantaur · 13/06/2010 21:27

well my surname is Bell so that'd be just fabulous

PortiaNovmerriment · 13/06/2010 21:25

Again- all applying to Gigi

Ophelia Balls- that cracks me up

annh · 13/06/2010 21:21

If you are going to use the name Ophelia you might be interested in an article about unfortunate name combinations in today's Times. I quote "Very amusing, but perhaps not so entertaining for the real-life Ophelia Balls, born in Georgia, in the US, in 1885. Ash has also uncovered Ophelia Butt, Ophelia Self, Ophelia Willy and a couple of Ophelias I couldn't possibly mention without risk of offence."!

Gigantaur · 13/06/2010 21:19

bof you now us too well

PortiaNovmerriment · 13/06/2010 21:10

Lol at Ophelia Wake. Would accurately describe mornings in your house though, I bet

telsa · 13/06/2010 20:50

Oonagh or Oona - The Irish seem to have a good line in O names

Gigantaur · 13/06/2010 20:48

I am desperate to use Ophelia but it doesn't work with dp's surname - Ophelia Wake anyone?

i love love love it.
I dont know any either. i would be very jealous of anyone that used it though

takethatlady · 13/06/2010 20:46

Ondine means mermaid in French.

blackberry74 · 13/06/2010 20:40

Orla or Orlaigh - an Irish name.

PaulineCampbellJones · 13/06/2010 20:35

Orla can be Orla, Orlaith or Orlagh as well.

Hedwig3 · 13/06/2010 20:33

Don't know any. I quite like it.

BustleInYourHedgerow · 13/06/2010 10:19

You need the proper Irish spelling of 'Orla'...it's Orflaith. Terrible!

belgo · 13/06/2010 10:02

Just about to suggest Olga, nice name. Ottoline is nice.

iloveasylumseekers · 13/06/2010 09:59

Odette

I knew a Mair who pronounced it MY-er

RustyBear · 13/06/2010 09:56

I know an Oria and an Ottilie, both nice names.

Btw, I pronounce the 'mare' in nightmare exactly the same way as the female horse; it never occurred to me that there was any other way to pronounce it...

coffeefestival · 13/06/2010 09:51

I prefer Octavia to Ophelia.

Oriana
Orla
Odelia
Oliana
Odessa
Orlanda
Opal
Orfea

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