Orestes

Greek

"from the mountain"

Orestes Origin and Meaning

The name Orestes is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from the mountain".

A figure in Greek drama who murdered his mother makes for an unconventional choice for a baby name, but it has appeared on the US extended list several dozen times since records began.

20 Names Similar to Orestes

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• Pyramus
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Famous People Named Orestes

• Orestes Augustus Brownson American intellectual and activist, preacher, labor organizer
• Orestes López Cuban musician
• Orestes Quércia Brazilian politician; 28th governor of São Paulo State
• Orestes Destrade Cuban baseball player
• Orestes Roman general and politician who controlled the Western Roman Empire in 475 and 476
• Orestes Praefectus augustalis of the Diocese of Egypt

The name Orestes in Pop Culture

• Orestes Greek mythological figure; son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; subject of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy of plays