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[Opinions] Oren
Do you like the name Oren? Or does it have too much of a trendy feel to it.
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Its nice enough, I know quite a few Orens so its seems a bit plain to me. I much prefer Ori, it sounds fresher and has a nicer meaning
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This meas 'ears' in Dutch..
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I don't see it as trendy at all. Since it's a Hebrew name, I'd probably best picture it on someone from a devout Jewish family.
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I like it, and it doesn't feel trendy, but then I've been enough around Israelis not to have an "odd" vibe from Oren.
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Just looked it up and I like the meaning & like the sound. It would never get used where I'm from though as it means 'orange', so I couldn't say if it's trendy.
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Not trendy.
But I can't really picture it as name since it's she swedish word for "not clean"/"dirty".
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Good to know! :)
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My BFF just had a baby this summer and she named him Oren :) I like it alright. It has an old-timey feel to it that I really like, but I get what you mean about it coming off trendy even though usage has been declining and it hasn't broken the top 1000 in 50 years. It reminds me of hipster-y names like Milo, Atticus, Gus, etc which aren't bad names at all but definitely conjure a certain image of the types of folks who use them lolI almost kind of like a bit more than I used to because it remind me of The Witcher, as one of the in-game currencies is called an oren!
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I don't mind Oren at all. And I don't think it feels too trendy. With the current naming pattern, but not overly trendy if that makes sense. Also the meaning is great!
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Oren and Olen are both family names, and I'd use either as a MN.
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It makes me think of old geezers. Because of Orrin - I think there's a US politician named that? Some conservative guy who's older than my mother. And because Oral and Orville give me the same impression. Doesn't seem trendy to me - doesn't "feel" at all like Orion, and only slightly like Owen.
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