Orla

Where Orla comes from

Anglicized version of Irish Órfhlaith (“golden princess”), from ór (“gold”) + flaith (“princess”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Orla
  • Irish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1892
    Debut at its peak, #1,278
    #1,278 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1904
    Orla Jørgensen born
    Danish racing cyclist
  4. 1961
    Orla Brady born
    Irish actress
  5. 1966
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Orla Brady · Irish actress, born 1961
  • Orla Jørgensen · Danish racing cyclist, 1904–1947
  • Orla Lehmann · Danish politician, 1810–1870
  • Orla Guerin · Irish journalist, born 1966
  • Orla Treacy · missionary in South Sudan, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.