Girl · Old Irish
Órlaith
Say it: OR-luh
Meaning
From Old Irish ór 'gold' and flaith 'sovereignty, princess': 'golden princess'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 24 babies given this name since 2006
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 199,900 girls
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Órfhlaith, Órflaith, Orla
| English | Orla |
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Famous bearers
- Órlaith, sister of Brian Boru
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Where this comes from
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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