Orik
This is a list of key characters in The Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy adventure series by Christopher Paolini. The series contains several hundred characters, while the following list contains only the most frequently mentioned.
Meaning & Origin of Orik
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
This is a list of key characters in The Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy adventure series by Christopher Paolini. The series contains several hundred characters, while the following list contains only the most frequently mentioned.
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The Story of Orik
The earliest SSA record of Orik as a baby boy name dates back to 2017, when 7 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Orik — #9,692 in the national rankings. Orik last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Orik
Orik is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2017 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Orik's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #9,692. Use the chart and map above to compare Orik'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 .
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