Or Forename

24,204th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 35,985 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Or Forename User-submission:

The name Or means 'light' in Hebrew.

Or Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel
64%
 
19,9371:42156
Egypt
 
97%
8,2851:11,0921,012
Canada
100%
5,2381:6,326902
Thailand
61%
 
4771:146,88810,820
North Macedonia
53%
 
4241:4,931841
Liberia
 
64%
2041:21,6281,474
India
 
60%
1731:7,022,416238,932
Malaysia
 
64%
1661:183,43310,896
Cambodia
61%
 
1591:102,3484,484
United States
100%
1361:2,665,71340,513
Pakistan
100%
1041:1,868,82426,236
Nigeria
95%
 
961:1,849,62937,988
Afghanistan
 
91%
741:440,8587,808
Netherlands
 
75%
591:286,4769,153
Haiti-431:249,46410,581
Russia
86%
 
281:5,151,20424,860
DR Congo
100%
271:2,734,35659,996
England
67%
 
261:2,138,57426,646
Philippines
100%
241:4,417,06279,224
Taiwan
100%
241:990,40338,270
Iraq
100%
191:1,843,04511,423
Hong Kong-191:408,0384,068
Indonesia-181:14,331,315406,436
Brazil-161:13,389,760149,801
Kazakhstan-141:1,267,63212,179
Italy
50%
 
131:4,697,08422,664
Congo
75%
 
111:455,3828,101
Cameroon
75%
 
101:2,161,05045,539
Czechia
100%
101:1,065,6163,543
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Azerbaijan
100%
91:1,071,43815,295
Australia-81:1,707,20316,445
Ukraine
83%
 
71:6,499,98710,516
Iran-61:13,082,81133,089
Sweden
50%
 
51:1,971,58130,505
Singapore
100%
51:1,257,41116,611
Belarus
100%
51:1,896,4778,406
Ivory Coast
100%
51:4,615,18769,481
Poland
100%
41:9,506,7785,827
Finland
 
67%
41:1,370,79611,464
Spain-41:11,632,49119,317
Yemen-41:6,574,1885,851
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
France
100%
31:22,156,78046,973
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Switzerland
 
75%
21:4,106,74825,883
Albania-21:1,523,28533,816
Germany
98%
 
21:48,338,93872,742
Bulgaria
100%
21:3,495,19519,668
Maldives
50%
 
21:216,9523,781
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Armenia-21:1,459,37610,220
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
San Marino-11:32,920787
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
South Africa
50%
 
11:54,532,649471,300
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Hungary
50%
 
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803

The alternate forms: Ór (1) are calculated separately.

Or (25,719) may also be a surname.

Or Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Or means 'light' in Hebrew.

- eb_22_

Or Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ór831/
Gor8020,603/
Hor8015,470/
Ore804,535/
Our801,882/
Orr80417/
Ord80389/
Uor80321/
Oor80153/
Oir8098/
Ort8091/
Orz8064/
Orh8055/
Ohr8048/
Oer8034/
Orp8034/
Otr8025/
Osr8021/
Oyr8012/
Ojr805/
Orđ801/
Orë801/
Ãor801/
Gour6762,123/
Hoor6720,637/
Hour679,058/
Hore673,940/
Hort673,261/
Hoer671,887/
Oğur67885/
Oure67452/
Hoir67353/
Gorh67156/
Orre67137/
D'Or67120/
Goor67100/
Goir6775/
Huor6767/
Oore6761/
Hord6739/
Orhe6729/
Gorr6728/
Orph6725/
Oire6724/
Oort6719/
Gojr6718/
Horr6715/
Gorë6714/
Hojr6710/
Đorđ6710/
Horp674/
Horh674/
Ortt673/
Orrh673/
Uore673/
Ootr672/
Horz672/
Orrd672/
Oord672/
Oorr672/
Oirt672/
Oirr672/
Hhor672/
Orhp672/
Oerr672/
Goyr671/
Uord671/
Orzs671/
Orrp671/
Ourr671/
Ourd671/
Ordh671/
Osre671/
Eoor671/
Othr671/
Ourt671/
Oird671/
Ohur671/
O're671/
Otrd671/
Orbp671/
Orht671/
Orpp671/
Outr671/
Đore671/
Ohjr671/
Oijr671/
Ohrp671/
Ohrz671/
Ohyr671/
Uosr671/
Hgor671/
Hotr671/

Or Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Or in the Russian language
Орor-

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