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All over the world, Orest (Орест , Orest , אורסט ) is a common masculine forename. The forename Orest is characteristic of Ukraine, where it is quite a common masculine name, Albania, and Canada, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Ukraine, Russia, and Tanzania. Much less frequently, Orest is the last name as well as the forename.
Orest is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Orest (Orestes) , the operatic character in the opera Elektra by Richard Strauss; Orest , the operatic character in the opera Leben des Orest and Orest Możejko .