Girl's name
Órlaith
“OR-la”
ór + flaith, 'golden princess' or 'golden lady'
Why it is said that way
The th at the end is barely there, so it is OR-la. The name means golden princess, and Órla is the same name written shorter.
- th → h — never the English th
- á é í ó ú (the fada) → a long vowel — and never optional
The story behind the name
A genuinely royal name: Órlaith was a niece of Brian Boru, and the annals record several princesses of the name in the 10th and 11th centuries. It vanished for most of a millennium and returned in the 20th century, usually spelled Orla.
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