Orestes
Greek
"from the mountain"
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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.
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20 Names Similar to Orestes
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- Lucretius
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- Ademar
- Aureliano
- Cyrano
- Aristedes
- Belisario
- Pericles
- Timaeus
- Anastasios
- Erastus
- Androcles
- Daphnis
- Sylvanus
- Vasili
- Vittorio
- Saladin
- Anselmo
- Leandre
Famous People Named Orestes
- Orestes Augustus BrownsonAmerican intellectual and activist, preacher, labor organizer
- Orestes LópezCuban musician
- Orestes QuérciaBrazilian politician; 28th governor of São Paulo State
- Orestes DestradeCuban baseball player
- OrestesRoman general and politician who controlled the Western Roman Empire in 475 and 476
- OrestesPraefectus augustalis of the Diocese of Egypt
The name Orestes in Pop Culture
- OrestesGreek mythological figure; son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; subject of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy of plays