Orellana

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Orellana is read●(measured from records)

Orellana is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish86%

  places in the province of Badajoz, probably so called 46s Orenstein Orpin from L Aureliana (villa) ‘estate of Aurelius’, a Roman fam¬ ily name. ish; Orlovitch, Orlowski. Orlovitz, Orlowitz; Orlovsky, Orlowsky, Dims.: Pol.: Orlik, Orlicki. Czech: Orlicky, Vorlicky; Vorlicek. Orenstein see Horn Habitation names; Pol. Orlowski, Orlikowski, Orlihski. Orfeur see Offer Ormaeche see Hormaeche

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  places in the province of Badajoz, probably so called from L Aureliana (villa) ‘estate of Aurelius', a Roman family name.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

  eavesdropper

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English7.6%

  The river Amazon.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Orellana is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Canada, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Orëllänä, Orèllana, Orellanà, Orellånå, Örëllänä

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ore-Llana

• French surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Òrëlläńä, Orellaña

• Italian surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Peru, Spain

  Also written Ôrêllânâ

• German surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Spain, Austria

  Also written Oŕĕĺĺáńá, O͙͉͕̝̺̼r͞e͍̩̥̲͍̩̲l̲͎͕l̘͉̰a͚̤͞n̵̻a̮̥͔̖̜ͅ

• Polish surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ecuador, Peru

  Also written Ôřëllânä

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Orellana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Catalan, a strip of dried apricot, peach, or pear

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Carlos Orellanab. 1900MXMexican actor, film director and screenwriter
• Guillermo Castrob. 1940SVnot in their usual nameSalvadoran footballer
• Juan Carlos Orellanab. 1955CLChilean footballer (1955–2022)
• Sabina Orellanab. 1970BOBolivian politician
• Cristobal Orellanab. 1983MXMexican actor and singer
• Fabián Orellanab. 1986CLChilean footballer
• Randy Diamondb. 1987HNnot in their usual nameHonduran footballer
• Fernando Gaiborb. 1991ECnot in their usual nameEcuatorian footballer
• Polimá Westcoastb. 1997CLnot in their usual nameChilean rapper and singer
• Daniel González Orellanab. 2002CLChilean association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Orellana mean, and where does it come from?

places in the province of Badajoz, probably so called 46s Orenstein Orpin from L Aureliana (villa) ‘estate of Aurelius’, a Roman fam¬ ily name. ish; Orlovitch, Orlowski. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.

How do you pronounce Orellana?

A machine transcription gives /oɾeʝana/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Orellana have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 49 thousand people named Orellana in El Salvador, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled orellana.

How common is the name Orellana?

In Argentina, the national register counted 48,187 people named Orellana, about 1 in 944 residents.

How common is Orellana compared with other names?

In El Salvador, Orellana is the 22nd most common surname of 35,145 surnames recorded there.