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Ori

Ori: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my light”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
OR-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (83% of all uses)

From Hebrew Ori, meaning 'my light.' Ori also appears independently in Japanese with unrelated meanings depending on the kanji.

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How popular is Ori?

202445.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ori in 2024150

2024 rank#1,563 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,855

Ori is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ori

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Ori questions

What does the name Ori mean?

Ori means "my light". It comes from Hebrew. From Hebrew Ori, meaning 'my light.' Ori also appears independently in Japanese with unrelated meanings depending on the kanji.

Is Ori a boy or girl name?

Ori is mainly a boy's name in US records (83% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ori?

150 US babies were named Ori in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Ori?

Ori is usually pronounced OR-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.