Orli
Just 11 women in Poland carry it, and no child has been given it in years: most Poles have never met an Orli. The name means "my light", and it turns up in Jewish naming.
Orli Pronunciation
Orli is pronounced OR-lee (/ˈɔrli/).
What Orli means
Where Orli comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Orli sits between two traditions. The grounding gives the name a Slavic root, though it lives most fully among Jewish families, who read it as "my light," a light meant for me.
Orli travels without company. There is no diminutive on record, no masculine form, no softened Polish spelling. The name comes as itself and stays that way.
Polish reference books do not confirm a settled meaning here. The sense "my light" attaches to Orli among Jewish families, matching the Hebrew phrase "or li," light to me. On a Polish class register the name would stand nearly alone, without an obvious imieniny beside it. In those records the meaning stays open, while the name itself reads as Orli, "my light."
How many people are named Orli
1 in 2049439 women in Poland is named Orli. 11 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #15370 among female names.
Orli as a middle name
Orli is a first name for 11 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6555th, between Orlanda (2) and Orly (2).
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