Entry № 7836 · Greek origin

Orion Orion — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oh-RY-uhn /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"The hunter (Greek constellation; modern unisex)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "the hunter (greek constellation; modern unisex)".

Orion is from the Greek Ōríōn — the legendary hunter of Greek mythology, whose name appears as one of the most-recognizable constellations in the night sky. Orion in Greek mythology — legendary hunter, son of Poseidon; one of the most-told myths in classical literature; according to one version, he was killed by Artemis (the goddess of the hunt) when he tried to assault one of her companions; placed in the heavens as the constellation Orion alongside his hunting dogs Sirius (Canis Major) and Procyon (Canis Minor). Orion Pictures — major American film studio.

The hunter (Greek constellation; modern unisex) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ὠρίων
Transliteration
Ōríōn
Pronunciation
/ əˈraɪ.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Orion stands.

Orion does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Orions before her.

Real people

In fiction
Orion
Greek mythology hunter constellation.

Names connected to Orion.

The number behind Orion.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Orion reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.