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Orange
How to Pronounce Orange
Pronounced OR-inj /ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/High
Meaning: Orange is used as a given name from several honest routes: the color and fruit (from Old French orenge, ultimately from Sanskrit naranga), and the noble House of Orange, a princely line named for a town in southern France. Here it is a word- and surname-name, used neutrally.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Orange is used as a given name along a few routes: the color and fruit, whose word travels from Sanskrit naranga through Persian and Old French orenge; and the House of Orange, a princely line named for a town in southern France and carried to fame by William of Orange. As an American boy's name it appears in birth records from the eighteen-eighties into the mid twentieth century, used neutrally as a word- and surname-name.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its high in the early nineteen-twenties, so an Orange from that peak was born about a century ago. It reads as a striking vintage word-name, rare in any era.
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Famous Bearers
- ★William III of Orange (1650-1702)the Dutch prince of the House of Orange who became King of England, lending the name its regal association
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Orange mean?
It is the color and fruit word, also a place and princely house (the House of Orange), used as a given name.
How do you pronounce Orange?
It's said OR-inj /ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Orange a boy or girl name?
Orange is used here as a boy's name.
How popular is Orange?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak in the early nineteen-twenties.