Family name origins & meanings
- Russian (Orlov) and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the nickname Oryol ‘eagle’, or a Jewish ornamental name taken from the vocabulary word.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Orl, taken as a pet form of Aaron.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : habitational name from any of several villages called Orlovo, in Ukraine and Belarus.