Orin

Orin, or Orrin, is an anglicised spelling of the Irish given name "Odran", traditionally spelled "Odhran" and more recently spelled "Oran"). In Irish, it is pronounced "O-rawn" or "O-rin".

The name means one of the following in Old Irish:

• dark-haired, derived from the word otteran, "otter" in Irish, which is generally accepted as the correct meaning
• little pale green one
• white, likely Scottish
• river, probably confused with the Irish given name Aran, which has a similar pronunciation

People

• Orin William Angwall (1890-1974), American politician and commercial fisherman
• Orrin Bacon (1821-1893), American politician
• Orrin Dubbs Bleakley (1854-1927), American politician
• Orrin N. Carter (1854-1928), American jurist
• Orrin Evans (born 1976), American jazz pianist
• Orrin C. Evans (1902–1971), pioneering African-American journalist and comic book publisher
• Orin Fowler (1791–1852), American politician
• Orin Hargraves (born 1953), American lexicographer and writer
• Orrin Hatch (born 1934), United States Senator from Utah
• Orrin Henry Ingram (1830–1918), American lumber baron and philanthropist
• Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. (a.k.a. Hank Ingram) (1904-1963), American heir and businessman
• Orrin H. Ingram II (born 1960), American heir, businessman, and philanthropist
• Orrin Grimmell Judd (1906–1976), American federal judge and lawyer
• Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015), American jazz writer and record producer
• Orin Kerr (born 1971), American law professor and lawyer
• Orin Grant Libby (1864-1952), American historian
• Orrin Larrabee Miller (1856–1926), American politician
• Orrin P. Miller (1858–1918), member of the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Orin G. Murfin (1876-1956), US Navy admiral
• Orin O'Brien (born 1935), American female double bassist
• Orrin H. Pilkey (born 1934), Professor Emeritus of Earth and Ocean Sciences
• Orrin W. Robinson (1834–1907), American politician and businessman
• Orin C. Smith (born 1942), chairman and former President and CEO of Starbucks
• Orin Starn, Professor and Chair of the Cultural Anthropology Department at Duke University
• Robert Orrin Tucker (1911–2011), American bandleader
• Orin de Waard (born 1983), footballer from Curaçao

Fictional characters

• Orin Incandenza, in the book Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
• Orrin Sackett, featured in a number of western novels, short stories and historical novels by American writer Louis L'Amour
• Orin Scrivello, DDS, a character from the musical Little Shop of Horrors
• Orrin Pike, in the 1960s television program Petticoat Junction
• Orin Hanner Jr. and Sr., from the 1997 movie Fire Down Below (1997 film)
• Orin Aquaman and King Orin, DC Comics characters
• Orin Aquaman, better known as AC (Arthur Curry), on the television show Smallville
• Orin, title character of Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, a 1985 American animated science-fiction adventure film
• Orin Boyd, protagonist of the movie Exit Wounds.
• Rin Kaenbyou, stage 5 boss from Touhou Project 11, (火焔猫 燐 Kaenbyō Rin?, nickname: Orin)
• Orin, in the comedy television series Parks and Recreation

See also

• All pages beginning with "Orin"
• All pages beginning with "Orrin"
• All pages with a title containing Orin
• All pages with a title containing Orrin
• Oren