Baby girl

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Hello all,

Baby girl due in January.

I'm stuck on the name Ola at the moment. I know it’s Spanish for hello but I think it’s such a lovely name for a little girl.

what do you all think? If you could give me suggestions for middle names aswell that would be great!

Ola is very pretty - I haven’t heard it as a name before - does it link to your heritage? My only issue would be potential spelling / pronunciation explanations and confusion with Orla.

People will assume you're saying Lola I think.

Hmmm I think it will just confuse people. Orla would be better.

It's a no from me. I'd assume you're trying to say her name is Lola.

It would probably be confused with Orla or Lola

Orla is better.

Being pedantic, it’s actually Spanish for “wave” but obviously pronounced the same as “hola”.

Unless people take it similar to Ola Jordan - she pronounces hers O-lla doesn’t she.

I know an Ola who is a surgeon 🤷‍♀️

Ola charlotte
ola isabelle
ola phoebe
ola wren
ola violet
ola penelope
ola marigold
ola grace
ola valentine
ola ruby
ola beatrix

I know it exists in Arabic and there was an Egyptian tv series recently called Finding Ola…but in English it just doesn’t work for me sorry

Ola is not Spanish for Hello. That's Hola. Ola means wave, as in ocean waves.

Ola is a boys name is some Scandinavian countries, a diminutive of Olaf. I'd go with Orla or Isla personally.

It's lovely! The only Ola I know is the dancer Ola Jordan. Easy to spell, easy to pronounce, not overly popular.

If you love it, go for it.

I think Ola is cute name for a girl!

I'm Swedish, and in Sweden Ola is a male name. It is derived from Olav/Olof.
(I see now that a previous poster has already mentioned this).

It's Portuguese for hello.

I find it weird but that's because I speak Portuguese so I see it as hello no Ola. Taken as a standalone word it's quite pretty. Never heard it as a name though.

I think Ola and Orla are lovely.

I would think of Ola Jordan too. So it's quite familiar and I don't think it will be a problem, although people pronounced hers as both Olla and Oh-la.

But it’s a completely different name. It only sounds vaguely similar if said in a non-rhotic accent.

Ola is an Arabic name. It's a beautiful name!

Not pronounced the same

No, but how can you tell- that’s what I mean.

@miniaturepixieonacid I was correcting the OP, who said it was Spanish for Hello.

@espressomartinii Yes, I know. But you and a couple of posters were saying it therefore means wave not hello. So I was just saying it does also mean hello but the OP just mixed the language up with another, very similar, language.

What about Una?

I know an Ola, she is African.
I don't mind it.

The op hasn't said she's mixed the two languages up.

Portuguese for hello is olá. Quite different pronunciation than ola without the accent.
I like the name Ola, I would just have difficulty from the spelling with knowing if it was supposed to be Oh-la (long O) or O-lla (short O).