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Oriana

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Oriana: Latin Meaning of Oriana: "dawn"
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Oriana is a dashing medieval name, with a meaning similar to Aurora. Strong and exotic, Oriana also has an admirable literary resume. In medieval tales, she was the beloved of the knight Amadis, she appears in at least three seventeenth century plays, and there is an early Tennyson poem called The Ballad of Oriana. Oriana was also sometimes used to refer to Queen Elizabeth I.

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Formed from Latin oriri (participle oriens) "to rise" and meaning "dawn, sunrise"
Oriana, a character in Gabriel Lord's 365 Days book series
In Fletcher's 'The Wild Goose Chase' and Farquhar's 'The Inconstant' there are women who bear the name. She also appears as a teasing, tormenting, brilliant woman in Beaumont and Fletcher's 'The Woman-hater'.
Oriane, villain in Kate Mosse's "Labyrinth" book-turned-miniseries

Nicknames & Variations for Oriana

Orane, Orania, Orelda, Orelle, Ori, Oria, Orian, Orianna, Orieana, Oryan

Oriana's International Variations

Orianne, Oriane (French)

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