Oren () is a masculine given name, meaning 'pine' or 'ash' in

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

. In the

Book of Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( , "words of the days") is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third section of the Jewish Heb ...

, Oren is one of the sons of

Jerahmeel The name Jerahmeel (Hebrew , ''Yəraḥməʾēl''; Greek ) appears several times in the Tanakh. It means "He will obtain mercy of God",Alfred Jones, ''Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names'' 1856, republished Kregel Publications 1990 "God pities" ...

, the first-born of Hezron, along with Ram, Bunah, Ozem and Ahijah. Oren, as a given name or surname, may also refer to:

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Oren Aharoni Oren Aharoni (; born November 12, 1973) is an Israeli basketball coach and former basketball player. He played the guard position. Aharoni played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and on the Israeli national basketball team. Biography Ah ...

(born 1973), Israeli basketball coach and former basketball player *

Oren Ambarchi Oren Ambarchi (born 1969) is an Australian musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays mainly electric guitar and percussion. Biography Oren Ambarchi was born in Sydney to an Iraqi Jewish family. Ambarchi has been performing live since ...

(born 1969), Australian musician *

Oren Biton Oren Biton (or Bitton, ; born 16 June 1994) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a left-back for Hapoel Haifa. Early life Bitton was born in Atlit, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent. Career On 10 May 2014, Biton made his debut fo ...

(born 1994), Israeli football player *

Oren Burks Oren Spencer Burks (born March 21, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores and was selected by the Green Bay ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Oren Cass Oren M. Cass (born 1983) is an American public policy commentator and political advisor. Since 2024, he has been chief economist at American Compass, a conservative think tank which he founded in 2020. He previously worked on the presidential cam ...

(born c. 1983), American policy commentator *

Oren Burbank Cheney Oren Burbank Cheney (December 10, 1816 – December 22, 1903) was an American politician, minister, and statesman who was a key figure in the abolitionist movement in the United States during the later 19th century. Along with textile tycoon Be ...

(1816–1903), American college president *

Oren P. Coler Oren Phil Coler (June 20, 1925 – December 4, 1978)Ob ...

(1925–1978), justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court * Oren S. Copeland (1887–1958), American politician * Oren R. Earl (1813–1901), American politician *

Oren Eizenman Oren Eizenman (; born March 27, 1985) is an Israeli-Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes in the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH). Biography Eizenman was born in Toronto, Canada, to Ronit and Mos ...

(born 1985), Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player *

Oren Frood Oren Claude Frood (February 10, 1889 – January 14, 1943) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Frood played as a professional for the Haileybury Hockey Club in the TPHL and the Berlin Dutchmen in the OPHL. Playing career Oren ...

(1889–1943), Canadian ice hockey player *

Oren Harman Oren Harman () is an Israeli writer and historian of science. He has written and edited books for both academic and general audiences. Biography Oren Harman was born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1973. He grew up and was educated in Jerusalem an ...

(born 1973), Israeli writer *

Oren Harris Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court ...

(1903–1997), American politician and judge *

Oren Koules Oren Koules (born January 31, 1961) is an American entrepreneur and film producer. He is the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and produced the Saw (franchise), ''Saw'' film series as well as the CBS television series ''Two and a Half Men'' ...

(born 1961), American businessman *

Oren Lavie Oren Lavie (; born June 13, 1976) is an Israeli songwriter, author, theatre and video director. His music video for "Her Morning Elegance" earned a 2009 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Short Form Music Video" and has become a YouTube hit wit ...

(born 1976), Israeli musician and theatre director * Oren Liebermann (born 1982), American journalist *

Oren E. Long Oren Ethelbirt Long (March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965) was an American politician who served as the tenth Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1951 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Long was appointed to the office after the term ...

(1889–1965), American politician *

Oren Lyons Oren R. Lyons Jr. (born 1930) is a Haudenosaunee Faithkeeper of the Wolf Clan of both the Onondaga Nation and the Seneca Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River.Oren Moverman Oren Moverman (; born July 4, 1966) is an Israeli-American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, film director, and Emmy Award-winning film producer. He has directed the films '' The Messenger'', ''Rampart'', '' Time Out of Mind'', and '' The Di ...

(born 1966), Israeli filmmaker *

Oren Muharer Oren Muharer (; born March 16, 1971) is a retired Israeli footballer who now acts as the manager of Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba. Honours *Liga Bet Liga Bet () is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regi ...

(born 1971), Israeli football player (retired) *

Oren Nissim Oren Nisim (; born 4 November 1976) is a retired Israeli footballer. (in Hebrew) Nissim is mostly known for being a part of Hapoel Haifa when they won their first and only Israeli league championship in 1999. Nissim was known for his strength ...

(born 1976), Israeli footballer *

Oren Patashnik Oren Patashnik (born 1954) is an American computer scientist. He co-created BibTeX, and co-authored '' Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science''. While working at Bell Labs in 1980, Patashnik proved that Qubic can always be won b ...

(born 1954), American computer scientist *

Oren Peli Oren Peli (; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the 2007 horror film ''Paranormal Activity''. He acted as producer on subsequent Paranormal Activity (franchise), films in the franchise, as well a ...

(born 1970), Israeli filmmaker *

Oren Rudavsky Oren Rudavsky (born c. 1957) is an American documentary filmmaker specializing in work about individuals and communities outside the mainstream. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1979. Oren Rudavsky is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowshi ...

(born 1957), American documentary filmmaker *

Oren Safdie Oren Safdie (; born April 20, 1965) is a Canadian- American-Israeli playwright and screenwriter, and the son of architect Moshe Safdie. Early life Safdie was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Canadian-Israeli architect Moshe Safdie. His father's fami ...

(born 1965), Canadian playwright *

Oren Smadja Shay-Oren Smadja (; born 20 June 1970) is an Israeli judo coach and former competitive judoka. Smadja won an Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli male to win an Olympic medal, and the second Isra ...

(born 1970), Israeli judoka *

Oren Uziel Oren Uziel (born June 28, 1974) is an American film screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on '' Mortal Kombat: Rebirth'' (2010), ''22 Jump Street'' (2014), ''The Cloverfield Paradox'' (2018), and '' The Lost City'' (2022) ...

(born 1974), American film screenwriter, director, and producer *

Oren Wilkes Oren Wilkes (born June 6, 1988), is an American fashion model and blogger. Since 2007, Wilkes has been featured in commercials, national advertising campaigns, and editorials for Adidas, Asics, Subaru, Nivea For Men, and more. In 2009, Oren launc ...

(born 1988), American model * Oren Williams (born 1992), American actor *

Oren Yiftachel Oren Yiftachel (; born 1956) is an Israeli professor of political geography, political and legal geography, urban studies and urban planning at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beersheba. He holds the Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Chair in Ur ...

(born 1956), Israeli geographer *

Oren Yoel Oren Yoel is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who has amassed 3.7 billion streams and 20 million records sold worldwide. Career Yoel produced the bulk of Asher Roth’s '' Asleep in the Bread Aisle'' including ...

, American musician and music producer * Oren Zeitouni (born 1976), Israeli football player

Surname

Daniel Oren Daniel Oren (Hebrew: דניאל אורן; born 25 May 1955) is an Israeli conductor. Biography Daniel Oren was born in Jaffa, Israel. His paternal grandfather, a Muslim from the prominent Sikseck family who was married to a Jewish woman, rescue ...

(born 1955), Israeli conductor * Eric Oren (1868-1937), American businessman and politician *

Jeanette Kuvin Oren Jeanette Kuvin Oren is an American contemporary artist specializing in Jewish art, fiber art, mosaics, stained glass, calligraphy, papercutting and painting. Kuvin Oren (born in 1961) graduated from Princeton University (B.A. 1983) and Yale Univer ...

(born 1961), American artist * John Birdsell Oren (1909–2006), American admiral * Menachem Oren (1903–1962), Israeli chess master and mathematician *

Mordechai Oren Mordechai Oren (; 1905–1985) was a leader of Mapam and the Kibbutz Artzi Hashomer Hatzair. He was implicated in a scandal which created an uproar in the state of Israel during the early fifties when he was tried in a show trial in Eastern Europ ...

(1905–1985), Israeli politician *

Michael Oren Michael Bornstein Oren (; born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-Israeli diplomat, writer, and politician. He is a former Israeli ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), former member of the Knesset for the Kul ...

(born 1955), Israeli diplomat and historian *

Ram Oren Ram Oren (; born 8 March 1936) is an Israeli author who has sold an unprecedented 1 million books in Hebrew. Oren was born in Tel Aviv during the Mandatory Palestine, Mandate era. At age 15, he began his journalistic career as a messenger bo ...

(born 1936), Israeli author *

Rony Oren Rony Oren (; born on February 25, 1953) is an Israeli animator, claymator and academic. In the commercial world he is best known for more than 500 animated short films in clay and over 30 children books which he writes and illustrates. Career Ore ...

(born 1953), Israeli animator

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