Orson

Latin and English

"bear cub"

Orson Rank in US Top 1000

# 921 in the US

Orson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 313 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Orson

• 313 Nameberry 2025
• 500 Unique 2024
• 375 England 2024

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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

The name 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"

International Variations of the name Orson

• Ourson French
• Orsino Italian