Orran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OR-an
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Orran is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dun-coloured one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Orran mean?
Irish: spelling of Oran; anglicised form of Odhrán
“little dun-coloured one”
Saint Odhrán was a companion of Saint Columba on Iona, where the burial ground Reilig Odhráin is named after him.
Meaning borrowed from Oran. More on Wiktionary.
Is Orran a girl's or a boy's name?
Orran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Orran, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Orran than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Orran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Orran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 560th in Scotland.
Orran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 2 | #6,291 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 2 | #6,093 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
Names like Orran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Conan, Caelan, Keegan, Kayden, Conlan, Brody, Rowan, Brayden, Rogan, Kian, Kody
Other spellings of Orran
Names related to Orran
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, 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, “Orran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orran, updated 20 October 2026.