Orso is the Italian word meaning "bear", and is a common given name and surname in Italy.
Given name Orso of Benevento (died 892), Prince of Benevento Orso Ipato, Doge of Venice, 726–737 Orso I Participazio (died 881), Doge of Venice Orso II Participazio (died 932), Doge of Venice, 912–932 Orso Maria Guerrini (born 1943), Italian actor Orso Mario Corbino (1876–1937), Italian physicist and politician
Surname Anna Orso (1938–2012), Italian actress Michel Orso (born 1936), French singer-songwriter Mike D'Orso (born 1953), American journalist
Other Örsö, an island in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden Orso (band), a US-based band Sant'Orso, name in Italian of the Collegiate church of Saint Ursus in Aosta, Italy
See also Edda Dell'Orso (born 1935), Italian singer L'orso bruno, a 1975 album by Antonello Venditti