Oran

Where Oran comes from

Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odur (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán).
— Wiktionary's entry for Oran
  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 450
    Oran of Iona born
    6th-century Christian saint
  2. 1815
    Oran Milo Roberts born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #482 among boys — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1901
    Peak, #466
    17 babies named Oran — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,973.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Oran Milo Roberts · American politician, 1815–1898
  • Oran of Iona · 6th-century Christian saint, 450–563
  • Oran McPherson · Canadian politician, 1886–1949

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.