Orna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OR-na
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Orna is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “pale brown, olive-coloured”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Orna mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Odharnait, from odhar 'dun, pale brown'; also a Hebrew name
“pale brown, olive-coloured”
In Ireland an anglicised form of Odharnait; in Israel Orna is a separate Hebrew name.
Is Orna a girl's or a boy's name?
Orna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Orna, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Orna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
Names like Orna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla, Keira, Kiara, Brianna, Rhea, Lara, Croia, Eala, Cliodhna, Briana, Riona, Rowan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Orna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orna, updated 20 October 2026.