Disaster - I need a new girl's name!

[HopefulFrostie]

The name I had tucked away as my favourite for 2nd DD has been flagrantly stolen by my cousin, so now I can't use it!

(I'm just kidding, it's not a disaster, and you can't "steal" a name, I know!)

DD is Orla, and something with an Irish feel would be lovely, due to family background. Also want to avoid a "sh" sound due to surname, and no "n"s for the same reason.

Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

Aoife

Flora is nice. Not Irish. But it's nice.

@jessicaleex

Gertrude is lovely

Nooo

Rosalie or Ailsa

Oral is a lovely name

To go with it Tara or someone suggested Fia - how is that pronounced - Fee a ? - it's a new one to me but I like the look of it written next to Orlando

Autocorrect - why - ORLA (not Orlando )!

@BeaLola

Autocorrect - why - ORLA (not Orlando )!

Or Oral!

Orla is lovely, it's my husband's niece's name.

Ceara
Isolde
Erin
Niamh
Una

I would avoid Fiadh. Had to nod politely a year ago when 4 friends in different social circles all told me they picked Fiadh as it’s ‘so unusual’. It’s now the second most popular girls name in Ireland.

@Skeumorph

Not in Ireland and know 3 boy Daras, no girls. I didn't know it was used for a girl at all and not keen.

Nola is horrible! Reminds me of the Nolan sisters. So drab.

It used to be entirely unisex — I was at school with several female Daras in the 70s and 80s — but seems to be used almost exclusively for boys these days.

OP, on a cautionary (and deeply practical!) note, try to avoid a name that has the same vowel sounds and stresses as Orla, like Bronagh or Clodagh — a good friend said she should never have called her second son Luke after the first was called Jude, because when you call up the stairs or out into the garden for them, both only register a vague ‘oooh’ shout and think you want the other one.