Oran (name)
Oran is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The name Oran is derived on the one hand from the Irish Odhrán , which in turn comes from odhar , "pale", "brown". On the other hand, Oran is a Turkish male first name and family name meaning "extent, ratio, proportion". Oranna is a feminine form of the Irish first name .
Name bearer
First name
- Oran (saint) , Irish saint in the 6th century
- Oran Thaddeus Page (1908–1954), American jazz trumpeter
- Oran Pape (1904-1936) American football player, police officer
- Oran M. Roberts (1815–1898), Governor of Texas
family name
- Ahmet Oran (* 1957), Turkish-Austrian painter
- Baskın Oran (* 1945), Turkish political scientist
- María Orán (1943–2018), Spanish singer and vocal teacher
- Umut Oran (* 1962), Turkish entrepreneur and politician
swell
- ^ A concise dictionary of first names, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-198-60094-1
- ↑ Oran in the name dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish)