Orson

Latin and English

"bear cub"

Orson Origin and Meaning

The name Orson is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "bear cub".

Orson has had in the past a rotund teddy-bear image, a la Orson Welles, who early on dropped his common given name of George in favor of his more distinctive middle one, and who seemed to own it during his lifetime. No longer a single-person signature, it's now an interesting possibility for any parent seeking an unusual yet solid name. It's started to appear to the celeb set--both Paz Vega and Lauren Ambrose have little Orsons.

The comic actor Orson Bean was born Dallas; there was a Desperate Housewives character called Orson Hodge.

There's also a fifteenth century story about two brothers named Valentine and Orson, in which the latter was carried off by a bear and raised as one of its cubs.

Orson Rank in US Top 1000

# 921 in the US

Orson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 152 on Nameberry

Orson Popularity

• 152 Nameberry 2024
• 395 Unique 2023
• 377 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Orson

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Famous People Named Orson

• (George) Orson Welles American actor, director and writer
• Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows) American actor
• Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist
• Orson Chaplin American actor and grandson of Charlie Chaplin
• Orson Squire Fowler American phrenologist who invented the octagon house
• Orson Handel (b. 2007) son of actress Lauren Ambrose and Samuel Handel
• Orson Salazar Jr., (b. 2007), son of actress Paz Vega and Orson Salazar
• Orson Wheeler (b. 2010) daughter of actress Tina Hobley and Oliver Wheeler

Orson in Pop Culture

• Orson Hodge character on TV's 'Desperate Housewives'
• Orson J. Pig intelligent book,loving pig in comic strip/TV series "US Acres"
• Orson Bailey character on TV's 'The 4400'
• Orson Krennic character in film "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
• Orson unseen supervisor of Mork on TV's "Mork & Mindy"
• Orson Pink character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• "Valentine and Orson " medieval romance
• Orson Indiana, fictional setting of TV's 'The Middle'
• Orson Lannister mentioned in the 'Game of Thrones' series
• Orson fictional character in the game, "Fire Emblem, The Sacred Stones."
• Orson fictional character in "Pac Man World" and "Pac Man World 3"