Given name
Oralee
“The Lord is my light”
Oralee is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oralee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 662
- 0 boys · 662 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 401 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oralee’s family of names
Oralee has a related form in Orly. Oralee has a related form in Orli. Oralee has a related form in Orley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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