Orin
Appearance
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