Orla
Orla is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning Golden princess.
What Orla means
Golden princess.
Orla is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Orla comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Orla is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Orla?
Orla is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Orla is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Orla
Orla spans Gold and royalty and rule, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Orla
These share Orla's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Orlaith — Golden princess.
- Aurelius — The golden one.
- Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
- Maeve — She who intoxicates; queen.
- Riona — Queenly.
- Brendan — Prince; little raven.
- Conn — Chief; high one.
- Rian — Little king.
- Rory — Red king.
- Ruairi — Red king.
- Tiernan — Little lord.
- Aurelia — The golden one.