Nora or Orla? Which do you like best?

[Carlos18]

Which do you like best?

I love both! But as a PP said, personally I would spell it Norah.

Orla, but if Nora then definitely spelt Norah.

Orla. Nora makes me think Nora Batty

Like them both, I know who Nora Batty is but your average 30 year old won't instantly think it when they hear Nora.
So this babies peers parents/teachers won't have a strong association and terrestrial tv will probably be gone by the time they start secondary.
I have an aunty Nora, who was christened Honora if you like that OP?

Both are lovely but Orla is my vote

I like Nora but I do hear Nitty Nora in my head. I also think of oral gel for Orla though...

Is it just me but I can only think of one way to pronounce Orla? Those saying pronounce is Awla or Orr-la sound the same to me. Same with the person who mentioned pronouncing Deirdre as Dier-dree, how else would you pronounce it. Not being snarky, just can’t hear the difference!

Nora is lovely!

@MuchuseasaChocolateTeapot

Is it just me but I can only think of one way to pronounce Orla? Those saying pronounce is Awla or Orr-la sound the same to me. Same with the person who mentioned pronouncing Deirdre as Dier-dree, how else would you pronounce it. Not being snarky, just can’t hear the difference!

Nora is lovely!

I suppose Orla sounds more like 'oar-lah' and Deirdre would be 'dear-dra' in my accent (Irish).

Deir dru.

The only way I've heard Deirdre being pronounced is as a pp "Deer - draa". I've only heard it pronounced deir - dree on coronation street.

Norah is beautiful - prefer it with an h

@Rathmobhaile

The only way I've heard Deirdre being pronounced is as a pp "Deer - draa". I've only heard it pronounced deir - dree on coronation street.

That’s interesting! I’ve only heard Deer-dra on American tv shows, I didn’t realise it was universal, you live and learn!

I still can’t imagine a different pronunciation of Orla though, everyone who is spelling it phonetically still sounds the same to me. Pretty name anyway 😊

Orla. Definitely. Beautiful name.

I loved both. Hubby veteod one and my daughter's name is the other ☺️. We live in NZ where neither is common.

I met a lovely lady Sorcha the other day on a side tangent.