Orin

Orin, or Orrin, is an anglicised spelling of the Irish given name "Odran", traditionally spelled "Odhran" and more recently spelled "Oran"). In Irish, it is pronounced "O-rawn" or "O-rin".

The name means one of the following in Old Irish:^{[citation needed]}

dark-haired, derived from the word otteran, "otter" in Irish, which is generally accepted as the correct meaning
little pale green one
white, likely Scottish
river, probably confused with the Irish given name Aran, which has a similar pronunciation

People

Orin William Angwall (1890-1974), American politician and commercial fisherman
Orrin Bacon (1821-1893), American politician
Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (1854-1927), American politician
Orrin N. Carter (1854-1928), American jurist
Orrin Evans (born 1976), American jazz pianist
Orrin C. Evans (1902–1971), pioneering African-American journalist and comic book publisher
Orin Fowler (1791–1852), American politician
Orin Hargraves (born 1953), American lexicographer and writer
Orrin Hatch (born 1934), United States Senator from Utah
Orrin Henry Ingram (1830–1918), American lumber baron and philanthropist
Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. (a.k.a. Hank Ingram) (1904-1963), American heir and businessman
Orrin H. Ingram II (born 1960), American heir, businessman, and philanthropist
Orrin Grimmell Judd (1906–1976), American federal judge and lawyer
Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015), American jazz writer and record producer
Orin Kerr (born 1971), American law professor and lawyer
Orin Grant Libby (1864-1952), American historian
Orrin Larrabee Miller (1856–1926), American politician
Orrin P. Miller (1858–1918), member of the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Orin G. Murfin (1876-1956), US Navy admiral
Orin O'Brien (born 1935), American female double bassist
Orrin H. Pilkey (born 1934), Professor Emeritus of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Orrin W. Robinson (1834–1907), American politician and businessman
Orin C. Smith (born 1942), chairman and former President and CEO of Starbucks
Orin Starn, Professor and Chair of the Cultural Anthropology Department at Duke University
Robert Orrin Tucker (1911–2011), American bandleader
Orin de Waard (born 1983), footballer from Curaçao

Fictional characters

Orin Incandenza, in the book Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Orrin Sackett, featured in a number of western novels, short stories and historical novels by American writer Louis L'Amour
Orin Scrivello, DDS, a character from the musical Little Shop of Horrors
Orrin Pike, in the 1960s television program Petticoat Junction
Orin Hanner Jr. and Sr., from the 1997 movie Fire Down Below (1997 film)
Orin Aquaman and King Orin, DC Comics characters
Orin Aquaman, better known as AC (Arthur Curry), on the television show Smallville
Orin, title character of Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, a 1985 American animated science-fiction adventure film
Orin Boyd, protagonist of the movie Exit Wounds.
Rin Kaenbyou, stage 5 boss from Touhou Project 11, (火焔猫燐 Kaenbyō Rin?, nickname: Orin)
Orin, in the comedy television series Parks and Recreation

People

Fictional characters

See also