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".Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии, pp. [https://archive.org/details/russiansurnames/page/n167/mode/2up 169–180] Notable people with the surname include:

• {{ill|Ambrosiy Yakovlev-Orlin|ru|Амвросий (Яковлев-Орлин)}} (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
• {{ill|Sergey Orlin|ru|Орлин, Андрей Сергеевич}} (1902–1988), Soviet scientist and engineer