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

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

. In the

Book of Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) 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 sect ...

, 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 (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 (born 1994), Israeli football player * Oren Burks (born 1995), American football player * Oren B. Cheney (1816–1903), American college president * Oren S. Copeland (1887–1958), American politician * Oren R. Earl (1813–1901), American politician * Oren Eizenman (born 1985), Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player * Oren Frood (1889–1943), Canadian ice hockey player * Oren Harman (born 1973), Israeli writer * Oren Harris (1903–1997), American politician and judge * Oren Koules (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 with o ...

(born 1976), Israeli musician and theatre director * Oren E. Long (1889–1965), American politician * Oren Lyons (born 1930), American artist *

Oren Moverman Oren Moverman ( he, אורן מוברמן; 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 ...

(born 1966), Israeli filmmaker * Oren Muharer, Israeli football player (retired) *

Oren Nissim Oren Nisim ( he, אורן ניסים, 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 ...

(born 1976), Israeli footballer *

Oren Patashnik Oren Patashnik (born 1954) is an American computer scientist. He is notable for co-creating BibTeX, and co-writing '' Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science''. He is a researcher at the Center for Communications Research, La Jo ...

(born 1954), American computer scientist * Oren Peli (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 Fellowship. ...

(born 1957), American documentary filmmaker * Oren Safdie (born 1965), Canadian playwright * Oren Smadja (born 1970), Israeli judoka * Oren Wilkes (born 1988), American model * Oren Williams (born 1992), American actor *

Oren Yiftachel Oren Yiftachel ( he, אורן יפתחאל, born 1956) is an Israeli professor of 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 ...

(born 1956), Israeli geographer * Oren Yoel, American musician and music producer * Oren Zeitouni (born 1976), Israeli football player

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* Daniel Oren (born 1955), Israeli conductor * Eric Oren (1868-1937), American businessman and politician * Jeanette Kuvin Oren (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 Europe ...

(1905–1985), Israeli politician *

Michael Oren Michael Bornstein Oren (Hebrew: מיכאל אורן; born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-born Israeli historian, author, politician, former ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), former member of the Knesset f ...

(born 1955), Israeli diplomat and historian * Ram Oren (born 1936), Israeli author * Rony Oren (born 1953), Israeli animator

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