Given name & surname
Orbie
“one who brings excitement”
Orbie is a variant of Orbelina. One American interpretation is “one who brings excitement.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orbie is a variant of Orbelina. One American interpretation is “one who brings excitement.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orbie is a variant of Orbelina. An origin associated with Orbelina is American.
Explained through its name family
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
Orbie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 660
- 609 boys · 51 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 33 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 boys is 5 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Orbie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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