Oriol

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Orel in FR France, PH Philippines, CH Switzerland.

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Oriol is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.2K records spelled Oriol2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ecuador, United Kingdom

  Also written Oríol

57 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●

Oriol is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom. nach dem Familiennamen des katalanischen Heiligen Joseph Oriol (17./

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Dorado

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Portuguese, alternative form of Orel

  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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Oriol Bohigasb. 1925ESSpanish architect (1925–2021)
• Oriol Junquerasb. 1969ESSpanish politician and historian (born 1969)
• Oriol Serviàb. 1974ESSpanish racing driver
• Oriol Paulob. 1975ESCatalan film director and writer
• Oriol Vilab. 1978ESSpanish actor
• Oriol Rierab. 1986ESSpanish footballer
• Oriol Romeub. 1991ESSpanish association football player
• Oriol Rosellb. 1992ESSpanish football player
• Oriol Pla i Solinab. 1993ESSpanish actor
• Oriol Busquets Masb. 1999ESSpanish 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 213 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Oriol?

We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Oriol (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Oriol have the most bearers?

We estimate about 20 thousand people bear Oriol in Spain, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled oriol.

How common is Oriol compared with other names?

In Spain, Oriol is the 302nd most common given name of 161,694 given names recorded there.

Is Oriol a male or female name?

Oriol is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Oriol mean?

Recorded meaning: From Catalan oriol 'golden oriole'; ultimately from Latin aureolus 'golden'