Oreste
Oreste is a masculine Italian given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is derived from the ancient Greek name Ὀρέστης (Orestes), which means "the mountain dwellers".
- Orestes , in Greek mythology the son of Agamemnon and Klytaimnestra
- Orestes (disambiguation)
Name bearer (selection)
First name
- Oreste Baratieri (1841–1901), Italian general
- Oreste Benzi (1925–2007), Italian Roman Catholic clergyman
- Oreste Biancoli (1897–1971), Italian screenwriter and film director
- Oreste Bilancia (1881–1945), Italian actor
- Oreste Coltellacci , Italian film producer and screenwriter
- Oreste Corbatta (1936–1991), Argentinian football player
- Oreste Giorgi (1856–1924), Italian Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Oreste Kirkop (1923–1998), Maltese opera singer (lyric tenor)
- Oreste Mazzia (* 1883; † unknown, possibly 1918), Italian football player
- Oreste Moricca (1891–1984), Italian fencer
- Oreste Palella (1912–1969), Italian film director, screenwriter and actor
- Oreste Piccioni (1915–2002), Italian physicist
- Oreste F. Pucciani (1916–1999), American Romance studies scholar, literary scholar and foreign language teacher
- Oreste Puliti (1891–1958), Italian foil and saber fencer
- Oreste Ravanello (1871–1938), Italian organist, composer, music teacher and music writer
- Oreste Rossi (* 1964), Italian politician
- Oreste Zamor (1861–1915), Haitian general, politician and President of Haiti
family name
- Michel Oreste (1859–1918), Haitian politician, President of Haiti
Others
- Oreste (Voltaire) , Tragedy by Voltaire
- Oreste (Handel) , baroque opera by Georg Friedrich Handel
- Stadio Oreste Granillo , stadium in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria
- Fabbrica Automobili Oreste Garanzini , automobile manufacturer 1924–1926
See also
Öreste (Oereste) or Öresten (Oeresten) is a Swedish town near Kinna in Västergötland .