Orin

Where Orin comes from

The dictionaries list Orin as a given name — a male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #381 among boys with 20 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #595.
  3. 1942
    Orin C. Smith born
    American businessman
  4. 1983
    Orin de Waard born
    football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.
Namesakes
  • Orin C. Smith · American businessman, 1942–2018
  • Orin de Waard · football player, born 1983
  • Orin G. Murfin · United States Navy admiral, 1876–1956
  • Orin Kerr · American legal scholar, born 1971
  • Orin Fowler · American politician, 1791–1852

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.