Given name & surname
Orey
“surrounded by the light of truth”
Orey is a variant of Ori. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by the light of truth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orey is a variant of Ori. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by the light of truth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orey is a variant of Ori. An origin associated with Ori is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 79 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 17 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 118 as a first name in 2020; 263 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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