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    Oriana

    or-ee-AH-nah

    Latin/Italian
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Dawn; Golden; Rising
    Origin
    Latin/Italian
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Oriana does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Dawn; Golden; Rising", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Oriana.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Oriana rises with the Sun of righteousness — healing in His wings, growing forth, the LORD's name praised from rising to setting, golden dawn of redemption.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Malachi 4:2

      "But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall."

    • Psalm 113:3

      "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised."

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