Given name
Orly
“surrounded by light”
Orly is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “surrounded by light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 824
- 0 boys · 824 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #4,723 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,723 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2013. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,312 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.
Orly’s family of names
Orly has a related form in Orli. Orly has a related form in Orley. Orly has a related form in Oralee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Orly
- Orly Levy-AbekasisIsraeli politicianborn 1973
- Orly Castel-BloomIsraeli writer (born 1960)
- Orly Silbersatz BanaiIsraeli actress and singerborn 1957
- Orly WeinermanIsraeli actressborn 1971
- Orly GoldwasserIsraeli egyptologistborn 1951
- Orly FrumanIsraeli politicianborn 1955
- Orli MarkmanIsraeli judgeborn 1969
- Orly AzoulayAmerican writer and journalistborn 1953
- Orly TaitzAmerican conspiracy theoristborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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