Gender:
Origin:
Gaelic
21 famous people named Orin found on Wikipedia.
5722 male, 11 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
1778-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
391-th in year 1880
Orin, or Orrin, is an anglicised spelling of the Irish given name "Odran", traditionally spelled "Odhran" and more recently spelled "Oran"). In Irish, it is pronounced "O-rawn" or "O-rin".
The name means one of the following in Old Irish:
dark-haired, derived from the word otteran, "otter" in Irish, which is generally accepted as the correct meaning
little pale green one
white, likely Scottish
river, probably confused with the Irish given name Aran, which has a similar pronunciation.
Variation of Oren or Oran: light, pale, pine tree, fair.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Orin C. Smith | 1942 | American businessman |
2 | Orin Kerr | 1971 | American legal scholar |
3 | Orin Fowler | 1791 | American politician |
4 | Orin O'Brien | 1935 | Musician |
5 | Orin Kramer | American financier | |
6 | Orin D. Haugen | 1907 | US Army officer |
7 | Orin Starn | American anthropologist | |
8 | Orin Isaacs | Canadian musician | |
9 | Orin G. Murfin | 1876 | United States Navy admiral |
10 | Orin R. Smith | American businessman | |
11 | Orin Levine | American academic | |
12 | Orin Hargraves | 1953 | American lexicographer |
13 | Orin W. Angwall | 1890 | American politician |
14 | Deborah Orin | 1947 | American journalist |
15 | Orin A. Kates | 1883 | American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator |
16 | Orin de Waard | 1983 | Football player |
17 | Orin Grant Libby | 1864 | American historian |
18 | Orin Clarkson Baker | 1864 | |
19 | Orin Tugman | 1880 | American physicist |
20 | Orin Helvey | 1903 | American football player |
21 | Orin Jannings | 1912 |