Orien

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Orien by the numbers

Orien was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.

What we can tell you about Orien

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 Orien. 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)
  • Orian25 in the US (2017)
  • Oshen6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Orien

Names that are said the same way as Orien, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Orionhunter; name of constellation and mythological figure1,047 in the US (2017)
  • Oryonhunter; a form of Orion10 in the US (2017)
  • Oryan34 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Orien

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