Orla Yves - french middle name thoughts!

[Stella29]

Hi mummies,

We have been pondering over our girls middle name. Originally Orla Rose but starting to think it's too common (MIL is a Rosemary) Husbands grandmother is french - we decided a french middle name would be nice. Thoughts on

Orla Yves (pronounced Eve)

Orla Odette (husbands grandmother)

Or still Orla Rose

Yves is a boys name.
Orla Rose is the best of those.

Just adding my voice to the 'Yves is a boy's name' cohort. The French version of Eve is Eve, with an accent on the first 'e', and pronounced, roughly,'Ev'.

Orla is lovely, but the lack of 'r' pronunciation (assuming you're English with a non-rhotic accent, OP) makes it 'Ola', which isn't so nice...

Orla Yves is a very odd combination indeed for reasons explained by other posters.

Orla Odette isn't great either.

Giselle ?

Yvette?

You can't give her a boy's name

Orla Louise
Orla Marianne
Orla Josephine

Orla kiely

Yeah call her Orla Kylie.

I rather like Orla Yvette actually!

I think Orla is quite a different 'style' of name to many French names, so it might be tricky to find one that goes well.

If you're thinking Orla Odette... I hope your surname does not begin with 'H'!

Yves you cannot give her!

Orla Frances?
Orla Francoise?

Orla Madeleine
Orla Mélanie
Orla Marie or Manon
Orla Noemie
Orla Juliette
Orla Ines
Orla Solène
Orla Delphine

There is something a bit odd about a clearly Irish name followed by a clear
Y French name. Yves is a no no as it's a male name but actually most of the others are lovely names and as I think middle names are a bit pointless anyway, go for it!just not yves.

Orla Helene (with the accents- don't know how to do them)

Why not just Orla Eve?

Apart from the fact that Yves is a boy's name, a middle name starting with a vowel doesn't really flow after Orla (which is lovely). I'd go for a middle name starting with a consonant. If you like French names how about
Orla Jeanne
Orla Claire
Orla Celine
Orla Sylvie

Beangarda, people with non-rhotic accents do mark r's sometimes!

It wouldn't be Ola in my accent, more like Aw -luh

Agree Yves is a boy's name.

Thank you all v much! Yves is a no after reading this!! I still like Orla Rose. Quite like Orla Celine too!

Awla is just as incorrect as Ola. The R does not have a W sound.

Isn't Yves a boy's name?

yes, as practically every other PP has already pointed out

Orla Yvette

I agree consonants work best though. I'd also pick something that's both a French and a UK name, so it doesn't contrast too much with Orla.

Orla Madeleine
Orla Vivienne
Orla Juliette
Orla Marianne
Orla Clementine

Orla Yves is odd, I agree with others. Strange to have very Irish + very French, Yves is a boy's name, and they don't flow (it sounds like 'or leave'). Maybe the Orla Claire suggestion would work as Clare could be French or Irish (whichever spelling you prefer).

Yves is a boy's name.

Orla Odette is nice.

Orla Celine akes me think of rhinoceros (orloceline)... Minipie has the right idea.

Orla Yves is lovely.