have been hearing Nola a few times lately...

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...had never heard of it before, wondering why its not very common, I think it's lovely.

What does MN think?

I love it!!

I also love Noa!!

I love it,also Nula and Fionnula

I prefer nuala
My great grans name was vona

Sorry posted too soon,
I was going to add that vona is similar but it isn't really is it, apart from it ending with a, buduh!

Reminds me of the Barry white song just the way you are

I know a little 3 year old Nola. Fionnuala/Nuala is really common here so Nola is just as nice and just a little bit different.

I'm glad that people seem to like it...Have had a few silent looks when i tell some people we are considering it I thought it was a bit of a marmite name!

Why that song multum?

Im called Nula and always get nice reactions to it if people do comment on it. Go for it

I don't like it, reminds me of the Nolans.

I like it; am also a big fan of Lola and Nuala, so it's always going to appeal to me :)

I used to work with a nuala and i always thought it was beautiful...not heard nola though but its pretty

It's the abbreviation for New Orleans, Louisiana. NOLA.

I like nova

I know 2. I really like it, both are under 8.

I didn't think of the Nolans, doesn't put me off though the 'n' on the end of Nolan is enough to make it sound quite different from Nola. Nuala/Nula is also lovely but Nola just pips to the post for me :) Not sure about Nova, reminds me of Cassanova...
wow wiggles you know 2?! I've never heard it on anyone

Funny to me that someone would put the names Lola and Nuala in the same category. For me they're at completely different ends of the spectrum.

Lola, well she's a showgirl. She wears sequins and feathers.

Nuala spends her days saying decades of the rosary and lusting after the parish priest. She wears tweed skirts and a Miraculous medal.

Ha! to me Lola / Nula are similar because of the way they sound. must admit the connotations don't jump out at me...both lovely sounding names :)

tapped I'm in NI, not sure if it's more popular . It's a lovely name, my daughter goes to school with one of them.

It's also the name of Scarlett Johanssons character in the film of Match Point. I've been on a few Nola threads recently