Given name
Orpah
“fawn”·“resembling a fawn; from the place of dust”
Orpah is a variant of Ophrah. Interpretations include “fawn” and “resembling a fawn; from the place of dust” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewערפה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orpah is a variant of Ophrah. Interpretations include “fawn” and “resembling a fawn; from the place of dust” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orpah is a variant of Ophrah. An origin associated with Ophrah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Orpah appears in Ruth 1:4.
From biblical name research
Orpah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 107
- 0 boys · 107 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 15 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 1950. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1923.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Orpah’s family of names
In English usage, Orpah has a related form in Oprah. Orpah has a related form in Ophrah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Orpah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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