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 sec ...

, 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 (אורן אהרוני; 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 basketbal ...

(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 Oren Spencer Burks (born March 21, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Vanderbilt and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round o ...

(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 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 Moshe ...

(born 1985), Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player * Oren Frood (1889–1943), Canadian ice hockey player *

Oren Harman Oren Harman is a writer and historian of science. Biography Oren Harman was born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1973. He grew up and was educated in Jerusalem and in New York City, where he attended the Collegiate School for Boys and excelled at ...

(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'' film series as well as the CBS television series ''Two and a Half Men''. Koules is also ...

(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 Oren R. Lyons Jr. (born 1930, Seneca) is a Native American Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan. The Seneca are one of the Six Nations of the historic Haudenosaunee Confederacy.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 (2009 film), The Messenger ...

(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 Jol ...

(born 1954), American computer scientist *

Oren Peli Oren Peli ( he, אורן פלאי / אורן פלי; born January 21, 1970) is an Israeli film director, producer and screenwriter, known for directing the 2007 film ''Paranormal Activity''. Early life Peli was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a J ...

(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 Oren Safdie ( he, אורן ספדיה; 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 S ...

(born 1965), Canadian playwright *

Oren Smadja Shay-Oren Smadja ( he, אורן סמדג'ה; born June 20, 1970) is a former Israeli judoka and a judo coach. Smadja won the Olympic Games, Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli man to win an Olymp ...

(born 1970), Israeli judoka *

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 laun ...

(born 1988), American model *

Oren Williams Oren Williams is an American actor and is known for acting in the 2005 film '' Rebound''. Williams grew up in Los Angeles. Filmography Lincoln Heights (TV Series 2006–2009) Oren Williams as Marquis Personal life He is the brother of Nickelo ...

(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 Oren Yoel is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Early life Oren Yoel began by producing local hip hop artists and playing keyboards in numerous bands. He co-produced the theme for ''The Boondocks'' and music fr ...

, American musician and music producer *

Oren Zeitouni Oren Zeitouni, ( he, אורן זיתוני; born February 18, 1976) is a former Israeli footballer. He most recently played for Maccabi Netanya in the Israeli Premier League, but has been forced to retire because of injury. Playing career He bega ...

(born 1976), Israeli football player

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Daniel Oren Daniel Oren (Hebrew: דניאל אורן; born 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, rescued Jews ...

(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 Univers ...

(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 Eur ...

(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 fo ...

(born 1955), Israeli diplomat and historian *

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

(born 1936), Israeli author *

Rony Oren Rony Oren (born in 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 illustrates or both writes and illustrates. Fil ...

(born 1953), Israeli animator

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