Nora or Orla? Which do you like best?

[Carlos18]

Which do you like best?

Orla is one of my favourite names, not too keen on Nora.

Orla is lovely. I know a little girl with that name

vote for Nora here! There is a lovely children's book about 'noisy nora' and it always reminds me of that

orla

I like both but there are a few Orla's where we live so Nora would be nice.

Just be prepared that the older generation will refer to her as Nora Batty!

The Nora I knew changed it to Noreen because she was fed up of being called Nora Batty!

Nora and Orla are lovely names! I would lean towards Nora I think. It’s a lovely name for a girl, teenager and woman as well as cute for a baby!

Orla is beautiful. As is Orlaith?

Nora just makes me think Nora Batty sorry!

Nora. Much less used than Orla, and nicer IMO.

I like them both! They are both lovely names. I think I prefer Nora slightly more than Orla.

Nora Batty. Orla is lovely.

Nora feels a bit more fresh and modern than Orla which seems a bit more of an everyday sort of name, but they are both lovely. And Orla Guerin is a great namesake.

Nola

Norah e re ally don't like Orla there are so many of them!!

Nora

See which fits baby best when they arrive :)

But of the two I love Eleanor shortened to Nora.

Orla hands down. Nora just makes me think of noravirus...

I love Orla

Nora is ok but lots of potential for nasty nicknames... Nora Batty, Nosy Nora (which was common when I was a kid 'she's a right nosy Nora!') and it also sounds like 'gnawer' (eg hamsters, gerbils, rodents)

Nora if the child is going to grow up in a place where it’s likely to be pronounced Awla, which is as bad as the tendency to pronounce Deirdre as Deir-dree.

I like both and had them both on my list, but ruled out Orla because it was absolutely mangled by most English people I know because of their non-rhotic accent. (I live in an area with a non-rhotic accent so the pronunciation would have bugged me every day). So unless you live in Ireland or Scotland or the few parts of England with a rhotic accent, I’d probably go for Nora.

Hah @workflowers I ruled out Aine for the same reason - the accent! (I knew a girl at work in London who was known as Onyer! And it just made me think "on yer bike!")

Orla, but I'm in Ireland. not sure that I like how it's said in the uk 'awla'

Although I love old fashioned names I don't love Nora. I was in a supermarket yesterday and it was announced over the tannoy ''Ada'' to till 4 and I look at till four to see whether a young woman or an old woman made her way to the the till! It was a very young woman. Love Ada.

I love Aine here but in the UK I'd use Anya instead. Different names but both simple and pretty.

Nora for me.

Agree, I’d only use Orla in places where it will be pronounced in the way that sounds correct to my ears (Orrrla, not Awla). I really like Nora! I think it sounds cute for a little one but equally sensible for an adult.

Both lovely names but I think I slightly prefer Orla.