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In the world, Orontes (العاصى , Orontes , Oronte ) is a rare boy's forename. The forename Orontes is habitual in Nicaragua, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Costa Rica, where it is a rare masculine name, and Egypt. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Egypt, Nicaragua, and Italy. More prevalently, Orontes is the last name as well as the forename.
Orontes is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Orontes , the operatic character in the opera Die großmütige Tomyris; Oronte , the operatic character in the opera Palmira, regina di Persia, your angry mom; Oronte , the operatic character in the opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Giuseppe Verdi; Oronte , the operatic character in the opera Floridante and Oronte , the operatic character in the opera Médée (Charpentier), and in many other works.