Fun Facts About the Name Orianna
- More than 1 thousand babies named Orianna: U.S. records list 1,376 babies given the name Orianna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Orianna Mean?
Orianna is normally explained as "golden," a name of Latin origin. The usual derivation is from Latin aureus, "golden, of gold," an adjective formed from aurum, "gold"; the Romance forms Spanish and Italian Oriana sit alongside oro, the word for gold in both languages. A competing explanation links the name to Latin oriens, "rising" or "the east," from the verb orior, "to rise," which would give a sense closer to "dawn" or "sunrise." No early text explains the name, so "golden" is a long-standing customary reading rather than a documented translation.
Orianna is a spelling variant of Oriana, and the doubled n does not point to a separate root. Names that look similar, such as Ariana or Arianna, have their own histories and should not be merged with it.
Orianna Name History & Origins
Orianna belongs to the group of names that spread through medieval and Renaissance romance. Its best-known early setting is the chivalric romance Amadís de Gaula, in which Oriana is the daughter of King Lisuarte of Britain and the woman Amadís loves; their son, Esplandián, is the hero of the sequel Las Sergas de Esplandián. The story was known in Iberia well before Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo's printed edition appeared in 1508, and French, Italian, German, and English versions followed, carrying the name into those languages.
In England the name served as a poetic label for Queen Elizabeth I: The Triumphs of Oriana, a set of madrigals published in 1601 under Thomas Morley's direction, honored her under that name. Italian kept Oriana as a living given name - the journalist Oriana Fallaci is a well-known modern bearer - and French uses the related Oriane. Spanish and Portuguese speakers have used Oriana as well.
Orianna, with two n's, is a later spelling of the same name, current in English-speaking countries and in fiction; the online game League of Legends includes a champion named Orianna. The doubled spelling does not alter the name's origin or meaning.
How Popular is the Name Orianna?
Orianna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #2,621 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,094 | 53 | 0.0033% |
| 2024 | #4,618 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2023 | #4,430 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2022 | #3,400 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,920 | 38 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #4,058 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2019 | #4,134 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2018 | #4,323 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #2,956 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2016 | #3,173 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2015 | #3,424 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2014 | #3,263 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2013 | #2,621 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 2012 | #3,693 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #2,895 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #4,163 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #4,450 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #3,990 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2007 | #3,643 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2006 | #3,490 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2005 | #3,448 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #3,552 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2003 | #3,172 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2002 | #4,727 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #3,001 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2000 | #3,009 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 1999 | #3,700 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1998 | #4,212 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1997 | #3,349 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1996 | #3,912 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #5,877 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #7,994 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #7,912 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #8,545 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #7,279 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #9,014 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #9,395 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #8,183 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #7,186 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #10,485 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #8,917 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #11,621 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1911 | #2,770 | 5 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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