Orel
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my light.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Orel by the numbers
Orel was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 46 babies in 1916, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Orel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Orielgolden; or a window bay in architecture8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Orel, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Orel
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