Orla

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Orla is a given name, most frequently recorded in Ireland. It appears chiefly in English and Danish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: D’origine celtique, signifie « princesse en or ».

rarermore common
  • IEIreland1 in 1K◐
  • GBUnited Kingdom1 in 24K
  • AUAustralia1 in 54K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈2.5K ●

across 10 countries

Sources
189 ●

17K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 4.3K ◐

Denmark

Meaning & origin●

recorded in French

D’origine celtique, signifie « princesse en or ».

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Orla is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IE Ireland#1459,0783.6K rec.—37Orla119
GB United Kingdom—8,4573K rec.—746Orla144
AU Australia—2,1631.8K rec.—5Orla83
DK Denmark—1,3590 rec.1 in 4.3K1.4K—1
US United States—8657.4K rec.1 in 385K865Orla189
CA Canada—432251 rec.—1Orla48
DE Germany—252223 rec.—1Orla43
JP Japan—120121 rec.——Orla12
SE Sweden—75△6 rec.1 in 136K75—9
NZ New Zealand—5953 rec.—12Orla21
PH Philippines—4543 rec.——Orla8
BR Brazil—4364 rec.1 in 4.9M43Orla2

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Languages●

  • English27K64%
  • Danish7.5K18%
  • Spanish2K5%
  • French7042%
  • German5441%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English27,01464%
Danish7,51818%
Spanish1,9915%
French7042%
German5441%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Orla is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish given name8.0K records spelled Orla5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, United Kingdom

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Órla

  • Spanish given name3.4K records spelled Orla5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Ireland

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Orlã, Orlá, Órla

  • French given name927 records spelled Orla3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Órla

  • a separate given name521 records spelled Orla2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, India

    Also written Órla

  • Hindi given name395 records spelled Orla4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Orlã, Órla

  • Turkish given name351 records spelled Orla5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ireland, United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye

    Also written Arla, Órla, Arlà

  • Italian given name173 records spelled Orla2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy

    Also written Orlà

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Orla is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, Du gaélique, « princesse dorée » ou « or doré ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, 'Golden lady'.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • Principessa d’oro

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

  • Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Órla , earlier Ór (fh)laith , composed of the elements ór gold + flaith lady, princess.

    as a word

  • In Polish, feminine nominative/vocative singular of orli

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

02040608019001950200071 · 2024

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Orla in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
18805
18816
18826
18847
18856
18878
189010
18915
18926
18948
18985
18996
19006
19045
19105
19127
19136
191410
19157
191617
191711
19189
191913
192017
192113
192215
192311
192410
19258
192614
192716
192811
19299
193010
19316
19328
193310
193410
19366
193711
19386
19407
19416
19446
19456
19478
19495
19515
19565
19575
19595
19645
19656
19666
19675
199110
19926
19946
19967
19979
19987
199911
200019
200117
200217
200314
200414
200515
200614
200721
200817
200931
201022
201128
201219
201329
201429
201530
201631
201719
201829
201937
202032
202156
202260
202368
202471
202570

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 88 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

18001850190019502000Orla Lehmann, b. 1810Orla Rosenhoff, b. 1844Orla Hermann Krause, b. 1867Knud Schrøder, b. 1903Orla Jørgensen, b. 1904Orna Ben-Dor Niv, b. 1954Orla Brady, b. 1961Orla Guerin, b. 1966Orla Fitzgerald, b. 1978Orla Gartland, b. 1995

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 54 sources across 29 countries.

Official registers attesting Orla
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—1.4K#275
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020865#12,438
GB United KingdomONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024)2024746#58
GB United KingdomNRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present)2024159#19
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020136#12,438
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—75#10,316
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202570—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—58#7,724
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—45#9,180
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202243—
IE IrelandCSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present)201737#152
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—32#15,104

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 353 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Orla?
We estimate roughly 2.5 thousand people bear Orla (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Orla have the most bearers?
Orla is most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is most often spelled orla.
How common is Orla compared with other names?
In Ireland, Orla is the 145th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.
Is Orla a male or female name?
Orla is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What does the name Orla mean?
Recorded meaning: D’origine celtique, signifie « princesse en or ».
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Orla” — the 145th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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