Given name & surname
Orea
“from the mountains”
Orea is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “from the mountains.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “from the mountains.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42
- 10 boys · 32 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 10 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 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,400 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Orea’s family of names
Orea has a related form in Ori. Orea has a related form in Oreah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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