Orion

Greek

"boundary, limit"

Orion Origin and Meaning

Variation of Zorion

Orion Rank in US Top 1000

# 325 in the US

Orion Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 147 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Orion

• 325 US 2024
• 147 Nameberry 2025
• 234 Future 2028
• 410 England 2024
• 26 Cats 2024

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Famous People Named Orion

• Orion Clemens brother of novelist Mark Twain
• Orion Metcalf Barber U.S. federal judge
• Orion Acaba American voice actor
• Orion Coville (b. 1970) son of children's novelist Bruce Coville
• Orion Christopher Noth (b. 2008) son of actor Chris Noth
• Kaiser Orion "Kai" Griffith (b. 2014) son of TV personality Jenelle Evans of "Teen Mom 2"

The name Orion in Pop Culture

• Orion Black father of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series
• Orion code name of Stephen Bartowski on TV's Chuck
• Orion St. Peter's guardian angel in the 18th,century epic Der Messias (The Messiah) by German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
• Orion son of Alveric and Lirazel in The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924) by Lord Dunsany
• Orion the Arquillian jeweler's pet cat in film "Men in Black "
• Orion son of Poseidon, Greek god of the ocean.
• Orion an alien race in the Star Trek franchise
• Orion Artemis's sub,personality in the Artemis Fowl books
• Orion "Ry " character in Kiersten White's novel The Chaos of Stars
• "Orion " song by Metallica
• Lockheed P 3 Orion, military aircraft
• Orion character in the animated Nickelodeon series "As Told By Ginger"
• Orion character in video game "Thief"
• Orion Breweries a popular Okinawan beer company
• Orion Amari character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Orion 'Hunt' Athalar character in Sarah J. Maas' book 'Crescent City, House of Earth and Blood'
• Orion character in video game "Brawlhalla"
• Orion Pax character in Transformers Prime, The past form of Optimus Prime
• Lance Orion character in Zodiac Academy book series

International Variations of the name Orion

• Zorian Basque
• Zorion Basque