Orestes


Gender:
Origin: Greek
45 famous people named Orestes found on Wikipedia.
338 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 13498-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 3186-th in year 1975
Used in: Mythology

Meanings

Orestes or Orestis (Greek: Ορέστης) is a Greek name, meaning "he who stands on the mountain" or "one who can conquer mountains".
Orestes in Greek mythology is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He is noted for avenging the murder of his father by killing his mother and her lover Aegisthus, whereafter he was pursued by the Furies and driven mad.
Equivalents in different languages include:
Aresti - found mostly in the Basque country and the island of Sardinia
Oreste - Italian
Orest (Cyrillic: Орест) - Ukrainian (sometimes Oryst in transliteration), Polish and Russian

Son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, from Greek Orestes, literally "mountaineer," from oros "mountain" (see oread).

Of the mountains.

Famous People: 45 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Orestes Brownson 1803 American activist
2 Orestes Destrade 1962 Baseball player
3 Orestes Matacena 1941 Cuban film actor, writer, producer, and director
4 Orestes of Macedon King of Macedon
5 Orestes Barbosa 1893 Brazilian journalist
6 Orestes Vilató 1944 American entertainer
7 Orestes Ojeda 1956 Filipino actor
8 Orestes López 1908 Cuban musician
9 Orestes Cachay Boza 1950
10 Orestes Kindelán 1964 Baseball player
11 Orestes Quércia 1938 Governor of São Paulo State, Brazil
12 Rufius Gennadius Probus Orestes
13 Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes Politician
14 Orestes Ferrara 1876 Italian politician, writer, journalist and diplomat
15 Orestes Acquarone 1875 Uruguayan lithographist and painter
16 Orestes Pereyra 1861 Mexican military personnel (1861-1915)
17 Orestes Cleveland 1829 American politician
18 Orestes Fiandra 1921 Uruguayan physician
19 Orestes Soriani Argentinian actor
20 Orestes Junior Alves 1981 Brazilian footballer
21 Orestes Caviglia 1893 Argentine actor
22 Orestes Cendrero Spanish scientist
23 Orestes Jordán 1913 Peruvian footballer
24 Orestes of Cappadocia
25 Orestes Rodríguez Campos 1934 Peruvian politician
26 Orestes Araújo 1853 Uruguayan academic
27 Orestes U. Bean 1874
28 Orestes Garrison 1813
29 Orestes of Jerusalem 1000
30 Orestes H. Caldwell 1888 American government official
31 Orestes A. Crowell 1872
32 Orestes Rodriguez Vargas 1943 Chess player
33 Orestes Suárez 1950 Cuban comics artist
34 Orestes Rodriguez 1989 Sprinter
35 Orestes Tomás Ghioldi 1901 Argentinian politician (1901-1982)
36 Orestes Muniz Filho 1952 Brazilian lawyer
37 Orestes Assali 1903 Argentinian sculptor
38 Lucius Aurelius Orestes Politician (0200-0103)
39 Orestes A. Brownson 1828 American publisher, educator and journalist
40 Orestes Marengo 1906 Italian priest
41 Orestes Nuti 1919
42 Orestes Quintana 1880 Spanish rower
43 Orestes Castronuovo 1901
44 Orestes
45 Gneu Aureli Orestes