Orm (given name)

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Orm is a given name usually of Scandinavian origin.

People with the given name include:

  • Orrm or Orrmin (12th century), the author of the Ormulum
  • Orm Eriksson (c.1476–1521), Norwegian nobleman, executed for involvement in a tax revolt
  • Orm Finnendahl (born 1963), German composer
  • Orm Fowler (1891–1963), Australian rules footballer, played for Fitzroy and St Kilda
  • Orm Øverland (born 1965), Norwegian literary historian and Slavist
  • Orm Pleasents (1882–1946), Australian rules footballer, played for Collingwood
  • Orm Saunders (1907–1978), Australian rules footballer, played for North Melbourne
  • Orm Storolfsson (fl. AD 1000), Icelandic strongman

Fictional[edit]

  • Orm Embar, a dragon in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea.
  • Orm Tostesson, lead character in Frans Bengtsson's The Long Ships

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