Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Orest is a romanization of Орест. Орест comes from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orest through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 310
- 310 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,779 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,779 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1952. In 2025, Washington had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 635 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.
Orest’s family of names
In Polish usage, Orest has a conventional equivalent in the Belarusian form Арэст. In Polish usage, Orest has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Орест. In Ukrainian usage, Orest is a transliteration of Орест.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Orest has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Orest
- Orest KiprenskyRussian artist (1782-1836)
- Onufriy BerezovskyUkrainian bishop of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)born 1944
- Orest KhvolsonRussian physicist1852–1934
- Orest SubtelnyCanadian-Ukrainian historian (1941-2016)
- Orest MillerRussian folklorist of Baltic German origin (1833-1889)
- Orest Lebedenkoassociation football playerborn 1998
- Orest KuzykUkrainian association football playerborn 1995
- Orest LevytskyUkrainian historian, writer (1848-1922)
- Orest LenczykPolish footballer (1942–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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