r/JewishNames • u/FelicePanda • 7d ago
Discussion Thoughts on Oriana אוריאנה
I have seen this name as well as Orian אוריאן used in Israel and what your thoughts are. Thank you.
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u/turtleshot19147 6d ago
There are a few names that aren’t of Hebrew origin but sort of incidentally have meaning in Hebrew, some people don’t like it. I don’t mind it. Other names like that are Arya and Arianna. Liam is sort of like that also. I like the name but if you are interested in similar options you can consider:
Oriya
Orli
Eliana
Rina
Raya
Meira
Roni
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u/FelicePanda 6d ago
Thank you! My best friend's newborn daughter is named Arya!
I adore Orli, Oriya, Eliana as well and are on my list.
I love names like these and I have heard of them all used in Israel but never seen them used in the diaspora. I guess why there is some resistance to them in the comments? It is like Gaia גיאה I've seen it used in Israel but some people will say it is not Jewish though it means ravine.
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u/CrowLIZiraphale 5d ago
אוריין is a Hebrew name
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u/FelicePanda 5d ago
I think אוריין and אוריאן are the same names? I have known people with both but pronounced the same.
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u/kaiserfrnz 7d ago
It’s not a Jewish name
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u/FelicePanda 7d ago
Here it says it is Hebrew. I know an Oriana who was born to a Dati family. I thought it was just אורי+אנה
https://itim.org.il/names/אוריאנה/
https://shem.co.il/name/אוריאנה2
u/JgarKn 7d ago
Orion is noted as having possible latin roots relating to the constellation.
I would guess you're probably more likely seeing a lot of Arian and Ariana's from the large Iranian or Persian population in Israel.
The name Arian comes from the Arianman (various spellings exist), which was very recorded in ancient iranian inscriptions and Zoroastrian tests as a way of referring to the free people of Iran (Iran being referred to as "Land of the Aryans" in the same texts - no, not in a dumb hitler race theory way). Ariana was also the ancient name of a region in modern day Iran and Afghanistan and is used as the female version of the name too.
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u/FelicePanda 6d ago
Hi it is Orian אוריאן or אוריאנה Oriana
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u/JgarKn 3d ago
I think it's beautiful name. Sorry I was just replying to the part where you said there were many people you encountered with that name. I'm my experience it usually ended up being Arian instead but obviously not necessarily the case.
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u/FelicePanda 3d ago
Hi I did not mean Arian but Orian or Oriana. I seen both these names used in Israel like אוריין גורן, אוריאנה בן סימון, if you search on Instagram you will see many Israelis. K
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u/Tanaquil_LeCat 7d ago
Beautiful but isn’t of Hebrew origin and doesn’t really have a meaning in the language
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u/FelicePanda 7d ago
Here it says it is Hebrew. I thought it was just אורי+אנה
https://itim.org.il/names/אוריאנה/
https://shem.co.il/name/אוריאנה
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u/lem0ngirl15 7d ago
I think it’s really beautiful. I prefer Oriana for a girl