{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 Oriana is a

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, primarily of a

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, that is widespread in

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

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, as ''Orians, Oriani'', or '' Doria.''

Possible roots of the name

There is the

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meaning of ''rising'' (as in sunrise; see a similar

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Orient The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the c ...

). Things get even more complicated as in the

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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, defi ...

, namely Spanish and Portuguese, there is the

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''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 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 Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". El ...

; the Oriana madrigals were written for her. *

Oriana Wilson Oriana Fanny Wilson, (née Souper; ca. 1874 – 25 April 1945) was a British naturalist and humanitarian who received the Commander of the British Empire for her services during the First World War. Her husband was the polar explorer Edward Adr ...

(1876-1945),

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

, British humanitarian and wife of explorer Edward Adrian Wilson *

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 Dame Oriana Clare Tickell, DBE (born 25 May 1958) is an Independent Director of the John Lewis Partnership. Career Clare Tickell joined the John Lewis Partnership as an Independent Director in October 2019. The John Lewis Partnership, which inc ...

Oriana Panozzo ''Sons and Daughters'' is an Australian Logie Award-winning soap opera/drama serial, broadcast by the Seven Network between January 1982 and December 1987 and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It was created by executive Reg Watson, a ...

, Australian actress *

Oriana Scheuss Oriana Scheuss (born 7 February 1972 in Teufen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden) is a Swiss sport shooter. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...

, Swiss Olympic sport shooter *

Oriana Civile Oriana Civile () (born in Messina, Sicily, 19 November 1980) is an Italian singer, performer, and songwriter. She is a scholar of Sicilian traditional music and an important exponent of reviving the musical repertory of Sicilian oral tradition. H ...

, 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 Oriana Small, known professionally as Ashley Blue, is an American radio personality, writer, and former pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. She hosts her own Vivid Radio show and writes for ''Hustler'' magaz ...

, US actress *Oriana Cottrell (born 1980's) Ceramicist, Jeweler and Flamenco Dancer *Oriana Guerrero (born 1994), Colombian volleyball player *

Oriana Sabatini Oriana Gabriela Sabatini (born 19 April 1996) is an Argentine model, actress and singer. Early life and education Oriana Gabriela Sabatini was born on 19 April 1996 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the daughter of the entrepreneur and for ...

, 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 *Oriana, fairy and main character in the children's book ''

A Fada Oriana ''A Fada Oriana'' (), Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''The Fairy Oriana'', is one of the most emblematic Children's literature, children's book of Portuguese literature, written in 1958 by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. The main character ...

'', 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 ''In Search of Lost Time'' (french: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French ...

'' *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'' 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 the ...

'' by Kate Mosse *Orianna, The Lady of Clockwork, a character in the video game '' League of Legends'' *Oriana, genetic twin of Miranda Lawson in the video game '' Mass Effect 2'' *Oriana, subject of the poem by the same name by

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

*Orianna Spearling, a character in the novel ''

The Walls Around Us ''The Walls Around Us'' is a 2015 young adult novel by Nova Ren Suma, which became the number one best selling for 2015 according to ''The New York Times''. First published in March 2015 through Algonquin Young Readers, it centers on three young wo ...

'' by Nova Ren Suma *Oriana de la Force, a villainous lawyer in the book series ''

Conspiracy 365 ''Conspiracy 365'' is a 12-part Australian television miniseries based on the novels written by Gabrielle Lord. Produced by Circa Media for Family Movie Channel, the series screened from January 2012. It also began screening on ABC3 in January ...

'' by Gabrielle Lord.

Ships

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