Tabitha has been vetoed, what do you think of Orla?

[mummabug]

3 weeks to go! DH (and MIL) has vetoed my fave, Tabitha.

He likes Matilda and also doesn't mind Orla. I think I prefer Orla out of the two...what do you think?

Also, any middle name suggestions to go with Orla?

Her big sister is Amelie Lola.

DD's best friend is Orla - I think it's beautiful and fairly unusual here (SE England). Don't think she's been teased for her name.

I agree Matilda Orla is a nice name...but yes, Matilda is getting very popular! Whereas Tabitha and Orla remain outside the top 100 by quite a way...and I'm not keen on nicknames for Matilda?

The only possibility of teasing with Orla I can think of is ORAL?

MIL hates Tabitha because: 'It's a cats name! it's awful!! It's a cat's name!!' (general hysteria)....
DH actually said he didn't mind it the other week..I think maybe MIL has put him off!!

Do you think Orla really is dull here in England? (I'm in South West)...I think here it is quite unusual and beautiful, but can imagine it's dull if you've heard too much of it in Ireland! Orla Matilda is also nice. mathanxiety thanks for your MN suggestions, I like Orla Maeve.

I don't mind having one french name and one Irish name for my DD's...I don't really go with 'you have to be from there to use their names'....DDs are an 1/8th Irish anyway, if that counts!? haha

Orla is very nice, shame about Tabitha being vetoed, how about as a second name Jessamine?

Btw top tip: if MIL starts weighing in with suggestions you don't fancy, try pushing your mum's name. Suddenly Tabitha will look very appealing.

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Matilda is way down

Amelie & Lola are both higher, in fact!

I love Orla.

I'm also not sure there'd be any teasing, or that you need to use the Irish spelling.

I want one ...

I'm not seeing anything obviously teaseworthy about the name Orla.

Well I went to primary school with an Orla and Orlaith in my class neither was ever teased about their name in the time I knew them. I think Orla Matilda is lovely.

Of for goodness sake.

oral. She will get called oral. If you think she won't you haven't met many 12 year old boys.

out of the two i prefer Matilda but Orla is nice

Everyone gets teased about something so I wouldn't worry about the Orla/oral thing.

Have you thought about Jemima? I know a couple of Tabitha's and Matilda's with sisters Jemima. Just a thought

I don't think getting called oral gives much scope for teasing to be honest. Wouldn't worry about it. Orla is a lovely name, really like it. Not used much in Ireland at moment. A bit out of favour with all those child of the 70s mums!

I like Orla Matilda too.

Or how about Orla Rowan?

I've known a million Orlas in my time, don't remember a single one ever being teased with 'oral'.

Orla is awful, sorry. As you have an Amelie Lola, you seriously need to use some constonants other than 'L'!

I love Orla, and have known loads (including a cousin) and have never seen / heard teasing re oral, it had never occurred to me before.

Have to say though, I don't like Orla in some English accents where the "R" isn't pronounced - it should sound quite different to Aw-la, if that makes any sense.

Love Orla (my choice for dc1 if pink) but I agree with stokes - not so nice when the R isn't pronounced in my opinion.

Also would not use Orfhlaith - Orla or Orlaith both modern Irish, not made up spellings.

I really like Matilda too, but much prefer Orla.

Orla is Hebrew for "foreskin."

Just sayin'...

Ha!

Never known an Orla to have been teased and have known quite a few over the years and now I have one! It is not un-Irish to spell it Orla, maybe more modern though. Absolutely agree about the importance of pronoucing the 'r', if anything the O would be silent, oddly!

Agree, happyhugs!

Aware of the Hebrew, er, 'connection' - but not planning any holidays in Israel so hoping for minimum embarrassment. Similarly Pippa is very rude in Italian. Orla I'm told is a specific Torah reference and I'm not sure how it is pronounced, but I don't come into contact with enough Hebrew for it to put me off.