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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.