{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Oriana is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

, primarily of a

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, that is widespread in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

. Variants include ''Orianna'', ''Oriane'' or ''Orianne''. Sometimes ''Orian, Oreste'' or '' Dorian'' may be a male given name or a family name, as ''Orians, Oriani'', or ''

Doria Doria or Dória may refer to: People Surname * Doria (family), a prominent Genoese family ** Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese admiral ** Ansaldo Doria, 12th century Genoese statesman and commander ** Brancaleone Doria (died c. 1409?), husband ...

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Possible roots of the name

There is the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

meaning of ''rising'' (as in

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; see a similar

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in Orient). Things get even more complicated as in the languages of the

Iberian peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

, namely

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

and

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

, there is the

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

''Oroana'' or ''Ouroana'', from ''Oro'' or ''Ouro'' meaning Gold, whose origin is the Latin ''Aurum'', and whose root, ''Aur'', may be related to ''Ori''. The

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

version of this name means ' the golden one' and stems from 'Ór' which is the Irish for gold.

Notable people

Notable people with the name include: *Nickname for English queen

Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is ...

; the Oriana madrigals were written for her. * Oriana Wilson (1876-1945), MBE, British humanitarian and wife of explorer

Edward Adrian Wilson Edward Adrian Wilson (23 July 1872 – 29 March 1912) was an English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist. Early life Born in Cheltenham on 23 July 1872, Wilson was the second son and fifth child of ...

Oriana Fallaci Oriana Fallaci (; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. A partisan during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution ...

(1929-2006), Italian journalist, author, political *Oriana Clare Tickell, Dame Clare Tickell * Oriana Panozzo, Australian actress * Oriana Scheuss, Swiss Olympic sport shooter * Oriana Civile, Sicilian folk singer and ethnomusicologist, exponent of Sicilian

oral tradition Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985) ...

and of world music interviewer, and World War II partisan *Oriana Small, birth name of Ashley Blue, US actress *Oriana Cottrell (born 1980's) Ceramicist, Jeweler and Flamenco Dancer *Oriana Guerrero (born 1994), Colombian volleyball player * Oriana Sabatini, Argentine actress, model and singer

Fictional characters

*Oriana, heiress to the throne of Great Britain and beloved of Amadis de Gaula, in ''Oriana'' by

Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (; c. 1450 – 1505) was a Castilian author who arranged the modern version of the chivalric romance '' Amadis of Gaul'', originally written in three books in the 14th century by an unknown author. Montalvo incorpora ...

*Oriana, fairy and main character in the children's book '' A Fada Oriana'', by Portuguese writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen *Oriane de Guermantes, Duchesse de Guermantes, character in Marcel Proust's novel '' In Search of Lost Time'' *Oriana, the princess whom the protagonist of '' Felix the Cat: The Movie'' must save, as well as the name of the land she rules over *Orianna, the daughter of Talon and Oria in the metal opera ''

Days of Rising Doom Aina was a German progressive metal project produced by Sascha Paeth with a number of guest appearances including Glenn Hughes, Michael Kiske and Candice Night. It resulted in the metal opera ''Days of Rising Doom'', which was released in 2003 ...

'' by Aina *Oureana, Moorish princess who converted to Christianity in 12th-century Portugal *Oriane, a character in the novel ''

Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (, ) was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by t ...

'' by Kate Mosse *Orianna, The Lady of Clockwork, a character in the video game ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by '' Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...

'' *Oriana, genetic twin of Miranda Lawson in the video game ''

Mass Effect 2 ''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the ''Mass Effect'' series and a ...

'' *Oriana, subject of the poem by the same name by Alfred, Lord Tennyson *Orianna Spearling, a character in the novel '' The Walls Around Us'' by Nova Ren Suma *Oriana de la Force, a villainous lawyer in the book series '' Conspiracy 365'' by Gabrielle Lord.

Ships

* SS ''Oriana'' (1959) * MV ''Oriana'' (1995) Feminine given names