Given name & surname
Orley
“The Lord is my light”·“surrounded by light”
Orley is a variant of Oralee. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my light.” Orley is a variant of Orly. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orley is a variant of Oralee. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord is my light.” Orley is a variant of Orly. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orley 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 459
- 459 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 25 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 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 261 as a first name in 2020; 167 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.
Orley’s family of names
Orley has a related form in Orly. Orley has a related form in Oralee. In Greek usage, Orley as a surname is a transliteration of Όρλεϋ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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