Given name
Orit
“one who prays to God”
Orit is a variant of Ora. One Latin interpretation is “one who prays to God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orit is a variant of Ora. One Latin interpretation is “one who prays to God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orit is a variant of Ora. An origin associated with Ora is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 0 boys · 124 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 10 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 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 554 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Orit
- Orit StrookIsraeli politicianborn 1960
- Orit Farkash-HacohenIsraeli politicianborn 1970
- Oreet AsheryBritish artistborn 1966
- Orit WolfIsraeli composer-pianistborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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