Orlin (surname)

Orlin, feminine: Orlina is an artificial Russian surname originated in clergy, derived from the bird oryol, 'eagle'. Boris Unbegaun writes that the church origin is recognized by a nonstandard usage of the possessive suffix '-in': when deriving from a masculine noun, the suffix is supposed to be '-ov', as in "Orlov".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Ambrosiy Yakovlev-Orlin [ru] (1752–1809), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk
• James B. Orlin, American operations researcher
• James Orlin Grabbe, American economist and writer
• Robyn Orlin, South African dancer and choreographer
• Sergey Orlin [ru] (1902–1988), Soviet scientist and engineer