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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Russian (Orlov) and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the nickname Oryol ‘eagle’, or a Jewish ornamental name taken from the vocabulary word.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Orl, taken as a pet form of Aaron.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name from any of several villages called Orlovo, in Ukraine and Belarus.

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