OrchenafGuanche From Guanche *oršena, meaning "young woman". This was the name of Tenesoya's maid.
OrchidfEnglish (Rare) From the eponymous flowering plant. The plant's name derives from Latin orchis, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (orkhis), meaning "testicle" (the name was given to the plant because of the testicle-shaped subterranean parts of some European orchids).
OrdericmGermanic (?) Meaning unknown, though the "-ric" part probably comes from the Germanic element ric meaning "ruler".... [more]
OrdfriðmAnglo-Saxon Derived from Old English ord "point (of a weapon)" and friþ "peace".
OrdfriðafAnglo-Saxon Feminine form of Ordfrið, derived from Old English ord "point (of a weapon)" and friþ "peace". Cognate to Old Norse Oddfríðr.
OrdgarmAnglo-Saxon Means "spear-point", derived from Old English ord "point (especially of a weapon)" and gar "spear". It is a cognate of Old Norse Oddgeirr.
OrdgrimmAnglo-Saxon Derived from Old English ord "point (of a weapon)" and Old Norse gríma "mask".
OrdlafmAnglo-Saxon Derived from Old English ord "point (of a weapon)" (see ort) and lāf "legacy, remainder" (from laibō).
OrdmærmAnglo-Saxon Derived from Old English ord "point (of a sword)" and mære "famous".
OrdnoðmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements ord "point (of a weapon)" and noð "boldness, daring".
OrdoñomMedieval Spanish, Medieval Galician Spanish and Galician form of Medieval Latin Ordonius, itself of unknown meaning and origin. Theories include a corruption of Fortunius and a derivation from Basque urde "pig, wild boar".
OrdricmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements ord "point (of a weapon)" (compare Old German ort) and ric "ruler, king"... [more]
OrenthalmAfrican American (Rare) This given name is best known for being the first name of the retired American football player and actor O. J. Simpson, who was born in 1947 as Orenthal James Simpson. According to a 1968 interview with LIFE magazine, Simpson himself does not know the meaning and origin of his first name, telling the reporter that his aunt was the one who had named him and that she would only ever tell him that she had named him after a French or Italian actor.... [more]
OreozilifGreek (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical) Meaning uncertain, perhaps a Greek form of a Hebrew name in which the initial element is אוֹר ('or) meaning "light". Saint Horaeozele or Oriozela of Reuma in Byzantium was an early Christian virgin martyr.
OrestillafAncient Roman Feminine form of the Roman cognomen Orestillus, which was a diminutive of Orestes. It was borne by Livia Orestilla, the second wife of Emperor Caligula.
OrestinusmAncient Roman Roman cognomen that was a derivative of the Greek name Orestes. It essentially means "of Orestes" in Latin, as it contains the Latin masculine adjectival suffix -inus; this suffix later developed into a diminutive suffix, so Orestinus could also be considered a Latin diminutive of Orestes... [more]
OrethafEnglish (Rare) Meaning unknown. It is perhaps a variant of Aretha or an elaboration of Ora. It has been used on rare occasion in the United States, and is also common in Liberia.
OretofCatalan (Valencian) From the title of the Virgin Mary Mare de Déu de l’Oreto meaning "Mother of God of Oreto" in Catalan. She is the patron saint of the municipality of L'Alcúdia, in Valencia, Spain.
Oreumm & fKorean (Modern) From the verbal noun of verb 오르다 (oreuda) meaning "to go up" (compare Oreun).
Oreunm & fKorean (Modern, Rare) From the present determiner form of verb 오르다 (oreuda) meaning "to go up," coinciding with the dated term for the right(-hand) or right side (compare Oreum).
OrgetorixmOld Celtic, History Derived from Celtic orgeto "killer" (which comes from orge "to kill") combined with Celtic rix "king." This name was borne by a leader of the Helvetii (a Celtic tribe), who lived in the 1st century BC.
OrghanafMongolian Possibly means "will grow" in Mongolian, derived from ургах (urgakh) meaning "to grow". ... [more]
Orgilm & fMongolian Means "top, peak, summit" in Mongolian.
OrianthifGreek (Rare) Probably derived from the Greek noun ὄρος (oros) meaning "mountain, hill" (compare Orestes) combined with the Greek noun ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower"... [more]
OribemJapanese (Rare) This name is used as 織部 with 織 (shoku, shiki, o.ru, (-)o(.)ri) meaning "weave" and 部 (bu, -be) meaning "section, department, class."... [more]
OribiafJapanese From Japanese 織 (ori) meaning "to weave, to knit", 実 (bi) meaning "reality, truth" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". ... [more]
OriefJapanese From Japanese 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Orielf & mEnglish Probably a form of Auriel or Oriole, the spelling influenced in Britain, perhaps, by Oriel College, Oxford... [more]
Orielm & fHebrew Combination of the names Ori and El means "My light is God", making it relative to Uriel.
OrieldafAnglo-Norman, Medieval English Derived from the Germanic Aurildis, from the Germanic elements aus meaning "fire" and hild meaning "battle", it is a variant of the later form Orieldis... [more]
OrientiusmLate Roman Derived from the Latin noun oriēns "daybreak, dawn, sunrise" or, by extension, "east" (as the dawn broke from the east in Rome). In its participle usage, the word also meant "rising" (also "appearing" or "originating")... [more]
OrifijafRussian Russian and Ukrainian form of Orithyia. According to Greek mythology, upon the death of her mother, she became the new queen of the Amazons. She was famous for her perpetual virginity. Her war techniques were outstanding and brought much honor to the Amazon empire.
OrikofJapanese From 織 (ori) meaning "fabric, cloth, weaving" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat, first sign of the Chinese zodiac". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
OrinmLiterature, English (Rare) Used by Eugene O'Neill in Mourning Becomes Electra as a deliberate link, it has been suggested, with Greek Orestes. ... [more]
Orinf & mJapanese (Rare) From Rin combined with an o kanji, e.g. 緒 meaning "cord, strap," also used as an honorific version of that name, prefixed with 御/お- (o), used with regards to female names from around the Kamakura and Muromachi periods to around the 20th century.... [more]
Orinf & mHebrew Means "lights", from Aramaic origin.
Orinocom & fEnglish, Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), English (Modern) The name of one of the longest rivers in South America. Irish musician Enya used the name of the river in her song 1988 song "Orinoco Flow," which many people know as "Sail Away." A famous bearer is male swimmer from New Zealand Orinoco Faamausili-Banse-Prince.
Oriolem & fEnglish From the English word "oriole" referring to "any of various colorful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae (typically yellow in color)"... [more]
OrisabunmifYoruba Means "the gods have provided for me" in Yoruba.
OrisonmEnglish (Rare, Archaic) Directly taken from the archaic word meaning "prayer", which is derived from Anglo-Norman oreison and ultimately from Latin oro (via Latin oratio) "to beg; to beseech".... [more]
OrivaifPolynesian Polynesian name, composed by "ori", meaning "dance", "dancing" and "vai", meaning "water"; hence the meaning can be interpreted as "dance of the water", "dance of the ocean".
Oriyaf & mHebrew Derived from combination of the elements ori אורי means "my light" and yah. Meaning together "the light of Yahweh."
OriyafJapanese From Japanese 織 (ori) meaning "woven" combined with 夜 (ya) meaning "night; the evening". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
OriyahumAncient Hebrew Derived from the combination of the elements Ori "my light" אורי and Yahu יהו (compare to Oriya)
Orizobam & fNahuatl Possibly from the Nahuatl word meaning "valley of happy waters". Another theory suggests it is a distant derivation of Tarshish, meaning "trading post".... [more]
OrkunmTurkish (Modern) Came from name of Orkhon Valley in Mongolia. Valley have first Turkic inscriptions in history, which was erected in the valley by Bilge Khan, an 8th-century ruler of the Göktürk Empire.