Orr as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Orr

What is the meaning of the name Orr ?

The baby name Orr is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced OR /ɔr/ (English); OHR /oːr/ (Hebrew).

Orr is Hebrew, Scottish Gaelic in Origin.

Pronounced OR, Orr is a compact surname-turned-given name with Scottish and Ulster roots. Most scholars trace it to the parish and River Urr in Galloway; another Gaelic source is odhar, “dun, tawny,” a descriptive byname. The surname is recorded in southwest Scotland by the late Middle Ages and became well established in Ulster through Scots settlement, later traveling to North America. As a first name, Orr follows the long tradition of honoring family surnames; in the 20th century it gained sporting visibility via hockey star Bobby Orr.

In Jewish and Israeli contexts, Orr can also represent the Hebrew Or, “light,” a modern unisex name; the double r helps distinguish it from the English conjunction. Variants and related forms include Or (Hebrew), Urr (place-name spelling), and longer cousins Orrin and Oran. Possible diminutives are O and, from the Hebrew route, Ori.