Given name
Orry
“the golden one”
Orry is a variant of Orel. One Latin interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Orry is a variant of Orel. One Latin interpretation is “the golden one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Orry 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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Orry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 383
- 383 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,644 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,644 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 80 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 381 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: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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