Given name & surname
Orma
“an independent woman; one who is free”
Orma is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “an independent woman; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “an independent woman; one who is free.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 699
- 0 boys · 699 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 32 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 8 in 1950. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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