Violet Orla

Happy Birthday Orla. Our granddaughter was born today and given the name Violet Orla. She was five pounds and eleven ounces. A little one who decided she wanted to be a 2021 baby instead of the scheduled c section on January 14th. I wrote about the early morning phone call and the all day December drive to Philadelphia here.

The baby's name has an interesting story. Katie and Todd both wanted to have the first name be an older currently uncommon name like they did with Clara and they came up with Violet. Henry and Clara both had strong opinions about what to name their new baby sister. Henry wanted Princess and Clara wanted to name her Sunshine. Katie and Todd spent some time researching names and came up with the ancient Celtic Irish name Orla which has had a somewhat resurgence in Ireland the past few years. The name goes back many centuries and means Golden Princess. It was a very popular name in 12th Century Ireland.

There is an entry in Wikipedia for the name Orla.