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in reply to a message by veronica.voodoo
I don't know the meaning but names ending in -enko are Ukrainian.
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There is a Russian surname, Orishin, and Orishenko may be the Ukrainian equivalent. If so then it derives from a female given name, Orina, via the diminutive form, Orisha. Orina is said to be a variant of the better know Irina, Irene in English.
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