Given name
Oriole
“resembling the gold-speckled bird”
Oriole is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “resembling the gold-speckled bird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “resembling the gold-speckled bird.”
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 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oriole through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 5 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 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oriole’s family of names
Oriole has a related form in Oriol. Oriole has a related form in Oreola. Oriole has a related form in Oreole.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Oriollevariant
- Oriollvariant
- Oriolvariant
- Oreolevariant
- Oreollevariant
- Oreollavariant
- Oreolavariant
- Oriollavariant
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