Orlaith

[foxyjbro99]

Hi,
I love the name Orlaith, when i mentioned it to dd1 she said "all aboard"! This has put me off a bit as our surname is Wright, so she'd be called Orlaith Wright - does this sound like you are asking the question "all right? are you all right? are you all a right?" DYSWIM?? Or am I going mad?

Oh I do see what you mean, it might put me off. Sorry! It is a lovely name.

I don't know how to pronounce it, sorry

Creepy I know, I love the name - considering changing my surname???

collie it's as in orla

Thanks, I see now, orlaright. Hmmmm.
Could be tricky then.

You're going mad. That wouldn't occur to me in a million years and obviously hasn't occurred to the parents of the many Orlaith/Orlas around the world.

rockbird it's not the name orlaith it's the combinatin of orlaith wright I was concerned about.

I have an Orla and noone has ever said all aboard. Funny!
I think Orlaith with the surname Wright is a bit comedy though sorry. Sounds like Michael Barrymore.

It sounds fine, really, you're overthinking it. And how many of the above posters would have thought of that off their own bat?

And eeeeeeeeven if it was the case, there are about a zillion worse combinations of names that you could have. My mother wanted to call me Justin (before I came out a girl obviously!) and my dad refused because he said everyone would say Justin time . Bloody glad he objected because Justin? No thanks! But all the same, daft reason for objecting.

Sorry, I'm a bit stroppy but I hate to see people put off names they love for stupid reasons and this is a stupid reason.

thanks pauline i agree, the "all aboard" thing doesn't bother me it's more the michael barrymore thing
looks like i'll have to go back to the drawing board!

I have been worried that kids at school wil call my Orla "Orla the crawler" but I think that you can do bad things with every name! Don't want to be the person that has put you off it, I truely wasn't being mean, it just made me laugh.

rockbird thanks, i just don't think i'd be able to get it off my mind - I'm a bit about it, cos really struggling to find any others i like as much.
i did make a bit of a mistake with dd1, called her first name beginning with I, second name beginning with M, (Miss I'm Wright) ha! suits her though!

Don't spell it that way please!! I have done it and regretted it since for my 3yr old. I get various weird ones such as
Or - Late /Or Leath etc I am seriously thinking of making sure when she goes to nursery in Sept that I will change her name to ORLA. Im also sick of people asking her name and than when you say Orla response is sometimes ooh OLA thats hello in Spanish

It is a beautiful name though

soremummy I am regretting not spelling it Orlaith! As all of DHs family (Irish) spell it like that anyway and not the "English" way.

What Michael Barrymore thing?

Definitely made me think of All Alright before I had read your last line!!

Shame as lovely name!

It does sound like "all right". What other names do you like?

What about Oona instead?

I was trying to think of vaguely similar sounding names and thought of Alma, but that's worse! Almawright, i'm alright!

I have a pesky surname too that makes loads of names sound weird, like a sentence, so I totally feel your pain here!

What do you mean don't spell it that way...thats how its spelt!

Another vote here for the Orla spelling, which is not the 'English' way. As I pronounce my Rs properly (), being Irish, it took a while to figure out what your problem was here. Can you pronounce the R instead of making it sound like 'all-ah'?

It should be OR-la anyway, anyone pronouncing it AW-la is plain wrong.

Well, up to you but I think it's a fab name and a very silly reason not to use it.

mathanxiety Why do my DH's family say that we chose the English spelling then? Are they wrong? I do hope so
I just thought it would be easier to handle.

No, your are going mad.

It does sound like "Are you all right?"
Orlaith/Orla/Or anything together with Wright is going to sound OWRITE!!!! to any english speaker.
How about

Clemency Wright
Xanthe Wright
Leonora Wright

All sound lovely, yet are pretty underused.

How about

Jennifer Wright
Abigail Wright
Emma Wright
Corinne Wright
Aisling Wright

Orla Wright sounds fine to me, although I'm Irish so the name Orla is a very familiar one to my ears and also I pronounce my Rs correctly

Don't spell it Orlaith, especially if you don't like in Ireland.

One of the great things about the name Orla is that it is so easy to spell and pronounce for people from anywhere.

When there is such a simple alternative spelling why be all fancy with Orlaith?

Where did that weird spelling come from? Anyone know?

mathanxiety - snap on the Rs!