Orion

Where Orion comes from

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.
— Wiktionary's entry for Orion
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 500
    Orion of Thebes born
    Egyptian grammarian
  2. 1825
    Orion Clemens born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 2018
    Peak, #300
    1,152 babies named Orion — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Orion of Thebes · Egyptian grammarian, 500–460
  • Orion Clemens · American politician, 1825–1897
  • Orion Weiss · American pianist, born 1981
  • Orion Outerbridge · American basketball player, born 1988
  • Orion P. Howe · United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, 1848–1930

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.