Orestes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-RES-teez
- Origin
- Greek
Orestes is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “mountain dweller”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Orestes mean?
Greek: Greek Orestes, probably from oros 'mountain'
“mountain dweller”
In Greek tragedy Orestes, son of Agamemnon, avenges his father by killing his own mother, Clytemnestra.
Is Orestes a girl's or a boy's name?
Orestes is a boys' name.
How popular is Orestes in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1986, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Orestes in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Orestes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
Names like Orestes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ulises Andres Moses Lucas Christopher Nicholas Samuel Andrew Cristian Alexis Joshua Ulysses
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Orestes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orestes, updated 20 October 2026.