Top 3 names 🩷

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We have finally narrowed it down with a week to go until we meet DD!
We have found this so hard this time around. DD1 is Orla. Please can you tell me what you think of the following 3 names…

1. Lana
2. Heidi
3. Olivia

middle name will be Elizabeth. We are after something beautiful, not too fussy and something that will stand her well when she’s an adult and in a great career! I know many can judge a book by its cover so I’d love to know what comes to mind. please be kind - I’m very aware of the Lana issue however, one can do this with so many names it’s not a deal breaker for us. Thanks all!

I like Heidi.
Olivia is too popular for my taste and someone once pointed out that Lana is anal backwards and now I can't unsee it.

I'm not a fan of Heidi, personally, as I find it a bit twee (hi-di-hi campers!). It's definitely the best match with Orla though.

Lana, even without the issues of what it spells backwards, is too similar to Orla, given that they're both 4 letter names with 2 syllables and repeat the end sound. Visually, Orla and Lana are too similar, as well as when said aloud. Going back to the 'anal' issue too, I know you say it's not an issue but when you consider you already have an Orla I think it could be major teasing potential for them as a pair when they grow up. They'll become the oral and anal sisters. Sorry, but teenagers can be really cruel.

Olivia is lovely, despite the popularity, but again it is too repetitive. I would avoid the same initials, especially as the end sound is also repeated.

So Heidi is the only one which goes. Orla and Heidi are fine for siblings.

I think they all lovely names.
Maybe also take the initials with your surname, and see what the acronym lands up being.
Write then all out, fully with the middle name and surname, stick them up somewhere you see. And get a feel for them. Also you can pick when you meet your little one, see wait suits them.

Heidi is my favourite, though they are all lovely names.

I really love Lana but I wouldn’t use it due to the issue you mention. My friend liked it as well but went with Lara instead due to the issue. So how about Lara?
Olivia is nice but maybe quite similar to Orla, not sure. And Olivia Elizabeth doesn’t sound great to me. I don’t like Heidi.

Only a week to wait, how exciting!

Lana and Heidi are both perfect - love them both. I’ve got a particular soft spot for Heidi so I’d pick that.

Please not yet another Olivia - especially with such a beautiful and fairly uncommon name like Orla.

Lana - too many L names currently popular
Heidi - fine
Olivia - overused and too matchy with Orla

Olivia's very common snd close to Orla. Lana is prone to bullying due to its spelling backwards.
Heidi is the best of the three.

I know lots of Orla's. I've listed their siblings below which I think go nicely with it.

Anna
Tara
Maeve
Róisín
Rachel
Ciara
Clara
Hannah

I personally think that Lana and Olivia are too close to Orla for me. When shouting them out together they'd get all mixed up.

That leaves Heidi as the choice, which I also think hits all your criteria. Beautiful, not too fussy, will work well as an adult.

Thanks for your thoughts so far! All fair points and worth considering!

Heidi Elisabeth

I love Lana ( not sure of your reference?) also love Alana, but not with Orla. Olivia is also great, but again not with Orla.

Olivia. I think you’ll have pronunciation issues with Lana (Layna or Lana with the long ‘a’ from ‘bath’), and both Heidis I know (adults) hate their name’s tweeness and associations with wholesomeness, mountains, goatherds etc. One of them is a thin, tall, crop-haired type who dresses in a very tailored way (think a brunette Tilda Swinton), who is driven mad by people exclaiming ‘You’re not a bit what I expected!’

I like Lana , but how about Lara ?

Orla and her sister..
Heidi Elizabeth

Other ideas:

Ida
Bridie
Grace
Mary

Heidi Elizabeth is my favourite!

Olivia is not my preference at all, every Olivia I have met is not a nice person!

Lana for me.
Olivia feels too plain next to a lovely name like Orla, and I’m just personally not a fan Heidi (although there is nothing wrong with the name)

Heidi, definitely. It's gorgeous.

Agree.
Lovely name! Don't think the others sound right next to Orla

Not Olivia - waaaay too common. I’d go Lara (not Lana) as I don’t like Heidi (too twee).

I like Olivia, but it really doesn't go with Elizabeth as a middle name. Not a fan of Lana (or Lara), bit of a harsh sound.
Heidi Elizabeth is a fine name.

like Heidi

olivia is nice but sooooo popular and Lana I’m not a huge fan of; get confused with Alana, Lara, llama(!) etc.

Thanks so much everyone! What do you think of Alanna?

I love Alanna, know a lovely girl with that name & she goes by the nickname Larni

Love the name Heidi. My DC are all at secondary school now and I have only met/heard of one Heidi- she would be about 7 years old now.