Given name & surname
Oreste
“mountaineer”
Oreste is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Oreste is a variant of Orestes. An origin associated with Orestes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Oreste is a variant of Orestes. The history of Orestes gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Orestes is associated with the son of Agamemnon.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Oreste through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 357
- 357 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 761 as a first name in 2020; 289 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Oreste
- Orestes of Macedonking of Macedonia from 400/399 to 398/397 BC410 BC–395 BC
- Oreste BaratieriItalian general (1841-1901)
- Oreste CorbattaArgentine footballer (1936-1991)
- Oreste Pulitifencer (1891–1958)
- Oreste GrossiItalian rower (1912–2008)
- Oreste Moriccafencer (1891-1984)
- Oreste BenziItalian priest (1925-2007)
- Oreste ZamorPresident of Haiti (1861-1915)
- Oreste GiorgiCatholic cardinal (1856–1924)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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