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Origin not established NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Orion.

Name formation documented in dictionary sources

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Language / origin
Origin not established
Gender context
Not classified
Letters
5
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
O
Evidence layers
2

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT

The story behind Orion

Orion appears in 1 eligible record in the OpenHalalan transcription of COMELEC’s 2001 elected-candidate lists. The recorded spelling is kept separate from other spellings. This documents a source-reported name form, not a lexical meaning, a birth count, or a national popularity rank.

Pronunciation & syllables

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English

  • /əˈɹaɪ.ən/UK
  • /ɒˈɹaɪ.ən/UK
  • /əʊˈɹaɪ.ən/UK
  • /əˈɹaɪ.ən/US
  • /oʊˈɹaɪ.ən/US
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

1

eligible source records · 2001

This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.

OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Orion in the birth records

Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Orion appears in the PSA top-ten tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

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What rhymes with Orion?

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Names with a similar written ending

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Follow the sources

  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.

  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)

    Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.

  3. Wiktionary contributors — Orion (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.