Given name
Orrie
“the golden one”
Orrie is a variant of Orel. One Latin interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orrie is a variant of Orel. One Latin interpretation is “the golden one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orrie is a variant of Orel. An origin associated with Orel is Latin.
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
Orrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 988
- 675 boys · 313 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 34 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 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 397 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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