Orest name meaning

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Updated: May 30th, 2024
Gender: Boy
Origin: Old Greek and Slavic
Usage: Slavic
Meaning: Orestais and Highlanders
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What does Orest mean?

Unfamiliar Orest's origin is Old Greek and Slavic bestowed upon baby boys and is used majorly in Slavic, meaning of Orest is "Orestais or Highlanders". Orest is a derivation of Oreste. Oreste is Swedish equivalent of Orrusti.

Offbeat Oreste has its origin in Old Greek, Oreste means "The Element Oros Which Means Mount and Orestais".

Variants of Orest

Orestes

How popular is the name Orest?

Orest is an uncommon baby name in United States, even after 29 years of presence it could not make beyond the top 2000. Over 266 people have been named Orest in United States.

It also recently appeared in England and Wales baby boy names chart. But Orest is a popular baby name in Ukraine where every 1 in 3000 have the name. As per our evaluation, over 20000 babies have been bestowed Orest around the globe.

YearRankBirths
2023686212
202289338
2018107446
2017107606
2014120975
2002106665
197047255
196739655
196632477
196340485
View more ▾View full list ▾[1] Source: Social Security Administration

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Numerological analysis of Orest

In order to change for better, stay away from those people and find yourself some new smart friends. You should learn to live in the moment. Leave your sense of morality for another life. You always hope your intuition is wrong and give people a chance to earn your trust. You believe there's not a rule worth following if it makes you unhappy. You appreciate freedom and like to hang around open-minded people without prejudgments about others.

Looking for names similar to Orest? Please go through the following names

  •  Vesna - The curious girl name Vesna is substantially used in Slavic, Vesna means "Spring or Light" is rooted from Slavonic and Old Slavic
  •  Swanny - Meaning of Swanny is Solemn used for boys which originated from English is chiefly used in Slavic
  •  Biljana - Predominant Biljana commonly is used in Slavic is of Slavonic and Slavic origin is a baby girl name. Biljana is Slavic cognate of Biljana
  •  Jovica - Of Hebrew origin, Jovica is used in Slavic, Jovica means "Yahweh is Gracious and Youth" is given to boys. Jovica is short version of Jovan.
  •  Varina - Used largely in Slavic unfading and curious, Varina means "Bow-Legged". Its origin is in Latin is aimed at girls

Famous people named Orest

  • Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
  • Orest Subtelny, Ukrainian-Canadian historian
  • Orest Kiprensky, leading Russian portraitist
  • Orest Kindrachuk, Canadian former professional ice hockey centre
  • Orest Meleschuk, Canadian former curler of Ukrainian descent
  • Orest Miller, Russian folklorist, professor
  • Orest Banach, retired German-American soccer goalkeeper of Ukrainian descent

Sources

  1. Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
  2. Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
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