Given name
Orlee
“The Lord is my light”·“surrounded by light”
Orlee is a variant of Oralee. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my light.” Orlee is a variant of Orly. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orlee is a variant of Oralee. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my light.” Orlee is a variant of Orly. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orlee is a variant of Oralee. An origin associated with Oralee is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orlee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 5 boys · 41 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 11 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 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 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.
Orlee’s family of names
Orlee has a related form in Orly. Orlee has a related form in Oralee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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