Comments on: Name of the Day: Orla http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/10/name-of-the-day-orla/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Katharine http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/10/name-of-the-day-orla/#comment-1723 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:25:44 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-1723 Oh no I missed Orla! Nevermind, thanks for making her name of the day Apellation Mountain, It’s interesting to see that the reaction to her is more mixed than towards Isla. You really have to roll the syllables of Orrrrr-la over your tongue don’t you? I think that makes her sound most alluring but the closeness to Oral does put me off (but then Violet sounds like Violent and Millicent like Millitant and neither association puts me off the name, which leads me to think that I can’t have been that bothered about Orla to begin with)…

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/10/name-of-the-day-orla/#comment-1669 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:24:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-1669 Groan, RF! Okay, Peena will not be NotD. At least not until Spring 2009. One of the most enduring searches for first-time visitors to find the site is “stripper names.” If I start finding my site blocked by Net Nanny, serves me right! :)

Lola, I agree with you on meanings. Sarah is a huge family name for me, but her meaning puts me off using any of the variants. (I like the sound of Sarai quite a bit.)

Dana, what a cute book. I’m going to ask my local bookshop owner if she’s ever heard of it. But didn’t you torture your parents asking to upend the dining room table after that?

]]> By: rockingfetal http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/10/name-of-the-day-orla/#comment-1667 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:47:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-1667 Not a fan. Between this and Magina, people are going to think we are a bunch of dirty birds! :P

]]> By: Lola http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/10/name-of-the-day-orla/#comment-1665 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:10:22 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-1665 I like Orla for anyone else’s girl, just not mine. It may have a lovely meaning (and that’s always a bonus in my book!) but for me, Dana’s “oral” doen’t even come into it. Orla makes my mind go to Orly airport. (I spent a lot of my younger years travelling, yes, even with the boys when they were little). Told you I was weird! :D

I do think she’s lovely, just not for me. I’ll call my girls “princess” occasionally but “princess” they really are not. A meaning like that is lovely for others but a bit too unsubstantial for me. (I’d rather “fortunate, happy, merciful or simply wealthy. Also, with the rapid rise of Isla, why not look to Orla as an alternative? They’d make awesome sisters or friends, don’t you think? I do.

]]> By: 8dana8 http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/10/name-of-the-day-orla/#comment-1664 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:19:23 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-1664 I absolutely love Orla! Growing up I had a children’s book called “Orla’s Upside-down Day” in which the main character, Orla, does everything upside-down for a day (they even turn the dinner table over and eat on top of it!). I loved this book but hadn’t thought about it in years! The only thing that would make me think twice about putting it on my list is the fact that it can be rearranged to spell “oral”. Maybe most people wouldn’t even notice this, but for some reason that bothers me.

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