Orelia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Orelia by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Orelia. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Orelia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Orelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ofeliahelp; benefit; a form of Ophelia79 in the US (2017)
- Odeliai will praise god; a form of odilia12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Oraliagolden; from aureus9 in the US (2017)
- Omelia7 in the US (2017)
- Opheliahelp, benefit578 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ornellaash tree; from ornella or related to Ornus7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Orelia
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