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The baby name Or is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /oʁ/ or /oːr/ (commonly pronounced like 'oar' or 'or').

Or is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: /oʁ/ or /oːr/ (commonly pronounced like 'oar' or 'or')

What is the meaning of the name Or ?

The baby name Or is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /oʁ/ or /oːr/ (commonly pronounced like 'oar' or 'or').

Or is Hebrew in Origin.

Or is a modern Hebrew given name (אוֹר), used for all genders, meaning “light,” “illumination,” or “radiance.” The word is central in biblical Hebrew - “Yehi or” (“Let there be light”) in Genesis 1:3 - so the name carries connotations of creation, clarity, and hope. As a standalone first name it gained broad popularity in Israel from the late 20th century, reflecting a trend toward short, nature- and value-based Hebrew names.

Variants and related forms built on the same Hebrew root (א־ו־ר) include Ori/Uri (“my light”), Orit (feminine), Orli/Orly (“my light”), and Uriya/Uriah (“Yah is my light”). Compound names such as Or-El (“God’s light”) and Or-Ya/Oriah also occur. Outside Hebrew, Or resonates cross‑linguistically: in French and Catalan it means “gold,” adding an appealing secondary image of brightness and worth, though it is rarely used as a given name in those languages.

Or has the following similar or variant Names

Or – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
KH Boys 0 #8 2 270
IL Boys 0 #25 4,384 10,983
IL 0 #27 617 6,291
PS 0 #36 271 5,692
PS Boys 0 #46 1,981 10,655
HN Boys 0 #52 1 749
IL Girls 0 #54 2,224 11,648
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
AF 0 #76 1 1,883
JP 0 #77 1 4,057
MV Boys 0 #79 1 3,375
AF Girls 0 #93 2 2,402
PS Girls 0 #101 959 10,981
TW 0 #103 1 4,523
GE Boys 0 #110 1 2,055
AZ Boys 0 #127 5 1,400
IQ 0 #133 1 3,533
PA 0 #137 2 3,797
BN Boys 0 #139 1 6,332
BW Boys 0 #150 5 4,685
BW Girls 0 #151 1 4,216
PR Boys 0 #177 2 2,508
UY 0 #182 1 2,477
SI Boys 0 #211 1 3,402
PL 0 #212 1 2,600
AL Girls 0 #219 9 4,141
LU Boys 0 #220 1 4,970
IR 0 #231 1 4,221
BD 0 #233 9 5,992
MO Boys 0 #234 1 5,842
HR Boys 0 #259 1 3,997
MO Girls 0 #263 1 7,056
AF Boys 0 #272 3 3,535
SG 0 #279 4 11,010
AL Boys 0 #288 11 5,122
TW Girls 0 #288 2 8,139
JM Boys 0 #293 1 6,876
KZ Boys 0 #296 1 6,578
SA 0 #311 2 10,560
HK 0 #323 26 8,483
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
DK Boys 0 #331 2 7,401
KZ Girls 0 #332 1 5,862
GH Girls 0 #337 1 6,973
JO Girls 0 #338 2 7,570
PL Boys 0 #340 1 6,459
QA Girls 0 #343 1 15,378
MY 0 #351 4 12,352
MU Girls 0 #357 6 8,539
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
CN Girls 0 #359 1 8,829
GH Boys 0 #360 2 8,138
PL Girls 0 #364 1 5,096
MU Boys 0 #368 2 8,477
France Boys 2021 #385 3 2,865
OM Girls 0 #387 10 15,987
JO Boys 0 #388 2 7,057
YE 0 #398 1 8,639
BD Girls 0 #399 8 8,413
France Girls 2017 #400 5 3,248
PH Boys 0 #407 2 11,440
EG 0 #408 5 6,387
UY Boys 0 #412 2 5,922
HK Boys 0 #421 108 12,905
PH Girls 0 #427 3 13,098
MX 0 #443 3 8,339
SD Boys 0 #462 5 10,523
ZA 0 #471 4 14,421
AR Boys 0 #482 2 7,628
IQ Girls 0 #488 17 11,303
GT Boys 0 #497 3 7,625
PA Boys 0 #499 7 9,305
CO 0 #509 2 7,768
CR Boys 0 #509 2 10,188
LY 0 #518 18 12,703
PA Girls 0 #518 1 9,861
RU Boys 0 #519 8 12,621
CM Girls 0 #522 19 11,671
RU Girls 0 #522 2 11,913
HK Girls 0 #535 81 16,104
UY Girls 0 #535 2 6,731
BD Boys 0 #541 36 10,045
IR Girls 0 #543 3 8,334
KW Girls 0 #558 4 19,177
IR Boys 0 #563 3 10,162
CM Boys 0 #571 5 12,054
CR Girls 0 #572 2 11,342
SG Girls 0 #573 14 18,916
BH 0 #584 4 17,937
AE Girls 0 #595 3 20,968
BO Boys 0 #620 3 9,244
AR Girls 0 #626 5 8,289
IN Girls 0 #653 2 13,121
IQ Boys 0 #653 15 13,071
Finland Boys 2026 #675 8 3,552
SG Boys 0 #677 21 17,960
LB 0 #683 8 13,263
CL Boys 0 #696 5 13,390
IT 0 #703 12 4,183
SY 0 #716 13 11,684
QA Boys 0 #738 6 18,093
BR Boys 0 #784 2 12,213
KW Boys 0 #802 5 18,755
TN 0 #804 26 13,765
EG Boys 0 #824 63 15,035
NG Girls 0 #824 3 15,093
PE Boys 0 #858 21 14,506
United States Boys 2023 #894 5 7,053
CO Boys 0 #897 24 15,656
SA Girls 0 #907 29 25,931
CL Girls 0 #912 4 14,098
OM Boys 0 #912 7 17,948
Spain Boys 0 #919 12 5,610
NL Boys 0 #922 30 5,873
EG Girls 0 #925 35 14,742
Germany Boys 0 #932 21 5,697
NG Boys 0 #936 16 16,906
MA 0 #943 186 20,986
MX Boys 0 #948 35 16,355
Spain Girls 0 #974 10 5,561
MY Girls 0 #976 19 24,821
BR Girls 0 #991 2 12,708
PE Girls 0 #1,006 5 14,861
IN Boys 0 #1,035 5 16,750
DZ 0 #1,041 136 20,130
CO Girls 0 #1,065 14 16,140
MY Boys 0 #1,084 28 25,439
AE Boys 0 #1,138 6 22,615
MX Girls 0 #1,167 17 17,781
TR 0 #1,176 36 19,440
ZA Girls 0 #1,229 8 25,928
ZA Boys 0 #1,265 8 25,619
IT Boys 0 #1,405 67 10,046
IT Girls 0 #1,410 37 9,415
SA Boys 0 #1,559 56 28,008

Or is popular in 73 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
France
AE
AF
AL

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People also ask about Or

Or is predominantly a boy's name.
Or is a one syllable name, pronounced /oʁ/ or /oːr/ (commonly pronounced like 'oar' or 'or').
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Ori, Ora, Orit and Orly.
Across languages, Or has these equivalents: Nur/Noor (Arabic/Persian/Turkish), Luc/Lucas/Luke (Latin/Western), Lucia/Lucy (female equivalents).
Yes — Or ranked #385 in France in 2021, and appears in official birth registries across 3 countries.
Or ranks highest in France (#385 in 2021).
Or's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #892 in 2016 to #894 in 2023 in United States.