Oren

Where Oren comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew אורן (“pine tree”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Oren
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #505 among boys — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1895
    Peak, #347
    28 babies named Oren — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #592.
  4. 1970
    Oren Smadja born
    Israeli judoka
  5. 1970
    Oren Peli born
    Israeli filmmaker
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, probably from the Bible (1 Chronicles 2:25).
Namesakes
  • Oren Peli · Israeli filmmaker, born 1970
  • Oren Smadja · Israeli judoka, born 1970
  • Oren Lavie · Israeli composer, born 1976
  • Oren Moverman · film director, screenwriter, and former journalist, born 1966
  • Oren E. Long · American politician, 1889–1965

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.