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Pronunciation of Nolan

24 replies

Elly88 · 15/04/2020 21:51

I like the name Nolan but am aware there are different ways to pronounce it. What's the most common? Don't want him to have to correct people his whole life!

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FamilyOfAliens · 15/04/2020 21:52

Ask one of the Sisters.

Nomoreweeping · 15/04/2020 21:53

I'd say No-lun.

DramaAlpaca · 15/04/2020 21:54

I can't think of any way to pronounce Nolan other than NO-lun.

Lucked · 15/04/2020 21:54

I only know of the pronunciation like ‘The Nolan’s’

no-lan

Londubh · 15/04/2020 21:54

It’s a common Irish surname, and I’ve never come across anyone who pronounced it in any way other than NO-lan. To rhyme with ‘go man’.

BuffaloCauliflower · 15/04/2020 21:55

No-lun. How else Wouk you say it?

cabbageking · 15/04/2020 21:59

The Nolan principles are probably the best known pronunciation.
Same as the Nolan sisters.

No- lan.

123Dancewithme · 15/04/2020 22:11

I would say NO-lun

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Elly88 · 15/04/2020 22:11

Thanks! That's how I would say it too, I've come across no-lan, no-lun, noel-lun and other interesting Irish versions 🤣 perhaps it depends on dialect?!

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BackforGood · 15/04/2020 22:22

It will depend on your accent a bit - for me, it is somewhere between an 'a' and 'u' sound in 'No-Lan /Lun'

However, it sounds like a surname to me, so I wouldn't use it.

Theukisgreatt · 15/04/2020 22:25

The Nolan sisters no-lan @cabbaking? Since when?

cabbageking · 15/04/2020 22:54

They were always the Nolans?

Trinpy · 15/04/2020 22:58

The one I know pronounces it No-lan. However it is pretty bad as a first name imo, there are much, much nicer names out there.

Theukisgreatt · 15/04/2020 23:03

As in Coleen Nolan? The group were time. Coleen No-lun... have to watch something old now to see if I've just convinced myself all these years!

Theukisgreatt · 15/04/2020 23:06

She says No-lun.

MissMarks · 15/04/2020 23:09

No Lan. Not fussed on it as a first name- it is a very common surname in Ireland.

87Callista · 16/04/2020 00:32

No-Ln (the L and N run into each other)

BrighamSinclair · 16/04/2020 12:50

my bro is called nolan and he pronounces it NOOO-LANE
but then my cousins dog is also called nolan and she pronounces it NA-LUNA
so whatever floats your boat really
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Lllot5 · 16/04/2020 12:53

If you name your child Nolan he will spend the rest of his life with people asking him if he is in the mood for dancing. Please don’t.

MikeUniformMike · 16/04/2020 19:07

Windyatthebeach · 16/04/2020 19:08

Zammo..
Just say no (lan)!!!

JohnFinlaysNewTeeth · 16/04/2020 19:09

Lun / Lan would likely be regional / dialect dependant anyway. Surely the people saying Noel-Lan are taking the piss?

HarrietM87 · 17/04/2020 15:57

It’s an Irish surname...do you have any connections to it? I find it so weird that Irish surnames have got really popular as first names in England. It’s like calling a child Smith when it’s not a family name.

GlamGiraffe · 17/04/2020 15:59

NO-lun. But it's a surname to me

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