Gender: Boy
Meaning: Bear cub
Origin: Latin/Old French
Popularity: Ranked #1501 in 2024 with 119 babies born.
History: Orson derives from the Old French 'ourson,' a diminutive of 'ours' meaning bear, itself from the Latin 'ursus.' It appeared in medieval French romance tales. The name is most famously associated with filmmaker and actor Orson Welles, director of Citizen Kane (1941).
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Orson? About 1 in 27,971 babies born in 2024 were named Orson, or roughly 0.3 per day in the United States.
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