Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling
OrlyIn Hebrew: אורלי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: אוֹרְלִיRomanization: órli
Orly (Hebrew: אורלי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 14,193 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 14 girls and ranked #588. Its peak year was 1965, with 610 babies.
- People in Israel
- 14,193
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 14
- rank #588
- Peak year
- 1965
- 610 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Orly
In Hebrew letters the name is אורלי, read right to left. Orly is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "órli" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Orly and Orli
From אוֹר (or, “light”) + לִי (li, “to me”). Compare לִיאוֹר (li'ór).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Orly by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Orly
How do you write Orly in Hebrew?
Orly is written אורלי in Hebrew (with vowel points: אוֹרְלִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "órli".
How many people in Israel are named Orly?
14,193 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אורלי: 14,176 women and 17 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Orly a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named אורלי are women.
What does the name Orly mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Orly and Orli" Etymology: From אוֹר (or, “light”) + לִי (li, “to me”). Compare לִיאוֹר (li'ór).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.