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Orin is the English or Americanized phonetic spelling of the Irish given name Odran (traditionally spelled Odhran and more recently Oran). Irish pronounce Odran as o-rawn and o-rin. The name means one of the following in Old Irish:

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

    • Orin or Orrin is a masculine personal name and may refer to:

    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

    • References

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