Orla or Polly

[LittlemissMama67]

Which would you choose?

Polly
I like both though and Orlaith

I have a Polly - an adult now - and she loves her name and we still love it. However, judging by the number of threads I've said this on lately, it's about to get seriously popular.

I prefer Polly of the two

Polly. More unusual and one of my favourite names.

Absolutely love polly x

I've just had a DD three months ago and named her Polly so maybe I'm slightly biased

Love the name Orla.

Orla

Orla for me 100% lots of nice spellings of it too

orla

Polly

Orla, my best friends called that

I like Polina, but if that's not an option, I pick Orla - this spelling. Orla is nice, but I'm not fan of short names.

Not a massive fan of Polly but it's nice enough.

Orla I like but only when people pronounce the R. If you or family or locals will pronounce it Awla I'd steer clear.

Orla.

Polly is a doll's name.

As a full name Orla, although prefer Oona

Polly is a sweet nn but she might not appreciate it as an adult. It’s traditionally a diminutive of Mary, so you could go for Marianne, Maryam or Maria nn Polly

Polly.
It's fine as a standalone name and using it as a nn for Marianne/Maryam/Maria is ridiculous

Orla

Polly! I think it’s lovely and so underused. Orla is too trendy at the moment.

I'd use Orla

Polly put the kettle on, Aunt Polly, Polly Pocket, Oh Polly, Polly insurance, Polygamy

I agree with @Chaoslatte . I think Orla is quite nice if you have a rhotic accent but it's nothingy otherwise and just blends in with the vowelly names with l or v in

Both beautiful names. But agree with PP, if you live in an area where the accent will mean Orla sounds like “Awla” then I’d go with Polly.

Polly!