Or
Or is a Hebrew-language name, meaning "light, brilliance". It may be both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Or
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Or is a Hebrew-language name, meaning "light, brilliance". It may be both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Or
The earliest SSA record of Or as a baby boy name dates back to 2007, when 5 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Or — #10,743 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Or on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Or last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Or
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Or. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Or
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Or
Or is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Or's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #10,743. Use the chart and map above to compare Or's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.