Orlagh
Girl · OR-la · Irish
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Orlagh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “golden princess”. In 2025 it ranked 865th for girls in the UK (44 babies).
What does Orlagh mean?
Irish: spelling of Orla, from Órlaith
“golden princess”
A spelling of Orla closer to the Irish Órlaith; the final gh is silent.
- Say it
- OR-la
Is Orlagh a girl's or a boy's name?
Orlagh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orlagh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #865among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were named Orlagh, making it the 865th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 665th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 83 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Orlagh than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Orlagh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,025 girls in the UK were given Orlagh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #865 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales, 301st in Scotland and 290th in Northern Ireland.
Orlagh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #865 |
| 2024 | 55 | #735 |
| 2023 | 62 | #648 |
| 2022 | 76 | #560 |
| 2021 | 83 | #539 |
| 2020 | 61 | #665 |
| 2019 | 65 | #651 |
| 2018 | 47 | #860 |
| 2017 | 57 | #767 |
| 2016 | 63 | #720 |
| 2015 | 56 | #758 |
| 2014 | 66 | #665 |
| 2013 | 47 | #868 |
| 2012 | 51 | #822 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 41 | #895 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 31 | #854 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 37 | #715 |
| 1999 | 42 | #662 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Orlagh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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