I agree with Bananarama, it does resemble (at least when written) the phrase 'Oo-la-la'. However, the Spanish letter elle (say, 'ay-yay') is pronounced like an English 'y' sound. Hence the pronunciation of 'o-la-ya'. Hope I helped!
― Anonymous User 11/22/2017
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Also derived from Northwest American Chinook jargon, meaning berries.
In certain places in America it is pronounced Oh-lah-sha. Places like Chihuahua, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay. But that's just the local accent. In Spanish Olalla is pronounced Oh-lah-yah.
Love this name. If my firstborn had been a girl, Olalla would have been her name. Later I had a girl but since we live in the US we decided against it - we didn't want a lifetime of "what? can you spell it?" and "what kind of name is this now?"
― Anonymous User 9/27/2007
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This is the name of a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's story 'Olalla'.