Given name & surname
Oria
“woman from the Orient”
Oria is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “woman from the Orient.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “woman from the Orient.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 293
- 29 boys · 264 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,654 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,654 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 390 as a first name in 2020; 462 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.
Oria’s family of names
Oria has a related form in Orien. Oria has a related form in Oriah. Oria has a related form in Oriena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Oria
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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