Orla?

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what do you think of the name Orla?

It's like a few weeks ago I was in town and this man was calling to his toddler daughter who was just standing in a shop entrance calling her amani, but like a-man-ee

and then a few seconds later the mum called to her and said it like ar-mar-nee

I couldn't believe they were talking to the same child, I'd be asking the dad what he's playing at I thought her name was Manny firstly the way he said it was awful 😂

If I were that woman I wouldn't have named her that based on the fact dad can't say it properly a-man-ee and ar-mar-nee are
tottaly Different names

Yes OP but to Irish people “Awla” sounds completely wrong as well. It just doesn’t work in an English accent - becomes a different name.

I like it

It’s OK and quite popular

I like Oona much better

Also like Honor

That’s what will happen though, like Caitlin. Language evolves etc

Although I do think pronouncing Aisling as Aceling as they do in the US is taking it a bit too far..

But....how does the or in for and in gore sound different? I'm Irish and trying to think of accents that would pronounce these differently.

OP, I really like the name Orla and it was on our shortlist of girls names. However, he's English and I don't like how he pronounces it so it's still on his shortlist but off mime!

I mean sure…you draw the line at Aceling, I draw it at Orla. Let’s not even get started on Aoibheann!

Personally I wouldn’t give my child a name from another culture and language that I couldn’t pronounce correctly, but each to their own.

I think it's trickier than not pronouncing it correctly, it's just a different accent. I would always pronounce the R in Charlotte, even if the Charlotte in question was English and used shah-lutt herself.

I don't like Orla as Awla so I wouldn't pick it but I also wouldn't correct it.

My eldest has a name ending in -ing, we live in NI so many say her name ending in -een. I don't love it but don't correct it as the same people would pronounce been and being the same.

I'm in Cork and say gore and for differently. I say Orla with the sound in gore as does most everyone round here, but I've heard the Or bit said to rhyme with for in other areas (Northern accents, Dublin??) so know exactly what pp means.
Gore rhymes with four/fore to me. For has a shorter vowel sound.

I get it @Teaalwayshelps . For and Four don't sound identical.

Yes, there are somewhat different pronunciations of Orla within Ireland. The name is correctly spelt with a fada and you can hear the pronunciations of 'ór' (gold) in the various dialects here.

https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/%c3%b3r

This. ‘For’ rhymes with ‘tor’ for me, ‘ór’/ore with ‘bore’, ‘four’, ‘score’ etc.

Someone else will doubtless have pointed this out already, but ‘Orla’ (no fada) means vomit eg ‘Tá fonn orla orm’, ‘I feel like puking’.

https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/Orla

Orca?

True but it's pronounced urla so sounds different to the name where I am (far south) at least. Not so sure about Ulster.

As an Irish person living in England, I don't like the way most English people pronounce it. You really really need to strongly enunciate the R. The way most of you say it it sounds more like Ola than Orrrla and it drives me mad!

If you pronounce it how it should be pronounced ( i.e. the way it is pronounced in Ireland), it is a lovely name.

Ola is pretty, and so is Orla, but the 'awla' version is 'meh'