Oriol () is a Catalan name, which can be found as a given name or a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It derives from the Latin word ''aureus'' (golden). It was originally just a surname, but started to be used as a given name in honour of Saint Joseph Oriol. It may refer to:

Given name

* Oriol Elcacho, Catalan male model *

Oriol Junqueras Oriol Junqueras i Vies (; born 11 April 1969) is a Spain, Spanish politician and historian from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Catalonia, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2 ...

, Catalan politician * Oriol Lozano, Catalan footballer *

Oriol Martorell i Codina Oriol Martorell i Codina (1927 in Barcelona – 1996) was a musical director, pedagogue and professor of history. He was the son of Artur Martorell i Bisbal, also a renowned pedagogue. While studying music he gained a doctorate in History. He obtai ...

, Catalan music director, professor and politician *

Oriol Riera Oriol Riera Magem (Catalan pronunciation: ˈɾjɔl ˈrjeɾə born 3 July 1986) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, currently manager of Unionistas de Salamanca CF. After starting out at Barcelona, he went on to amass La L ...

, Catalan football player * Oriol Ripol, Catalan rugby union player *

Oriol Romeu Oriol Romeu Vidal (; born 24 September 1991) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona. Romeu began his career at FC ...

, Catalan football player *

Oriol Salvia Oriol Salvia (born 29 March 1975 in Barcelona) is a professional squash player from Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta ...

, Catalan squash player *

Oriol Servià Oriol Servià Imbers (born 13 July 1974) is a Spanish racing driver who competed most notably in the IndyCar Series. He raced for Dragon Racing in the 2014–15 Formula E season, and left the series prior to the 2015 Miami ePrix to become manag ...

, Catalan race car driver

Surname

Estevan Oriol Estevan Oriol is an American photographer and director from Los Angeles, California. He has photographed chicano, cholo culture, and Los Angeles gang culture at large, as well as film and hip-hop celebrities. Oriol directed the documentary film ' ...

, Mexican American photographer *

Saint Joseph Oriol Joseph Oriol (; ) (23 November 1650 – 23 March 1702) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, and venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. He was called the "Thaumaturgus of Barcelona". He was beatified under Pope Pius VII on 5 September 1808, ...

, Spanish Catholic saint *

José Luis de Oriol y Urigüen José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

, Spanish Carlist politician *

José María de Oriol y Urquijo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

, Spanish politician

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{{given name, type=both Catalan masculine given names Masculine given names Catalan-language surnames

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