Orpha
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning fawn; a form of Orpah.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Orpha by the numbers
Its American peak was 204 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Orpha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a deer
Like Orpha, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Tabithagazelle143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
- Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)
- Fiadhwild, woodland deer182 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hartleyhart meadow; deer clearing157 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Orpha
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