Origin

Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to:

Comics and manga

 * Origin (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
 * The Origin (Buffy comic), a 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series
 * Origins (Judge Dredd story), a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
 * Origin (manga), a 2016 manga by Boichi
 * Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, a 2002 manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
 * Wolverine: Origins, a Marvel Comics series
 * Atharva – The Origin, a 2022 Indian superhero comic

Films

 * Origin (film), a 2023 film written and directed by Ava DuVernay
 * Origin: Spirits of the Past, a 2006 anime movie also known as Gin-iro no Kami no Agito
 * X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a 2009 superhero film, prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
 * Out of Darkness (2022 film), originally titled The Origin, a British horror film directed by Andrew Cumming

Television

 * Origin (TV series), 2018 science-fiction TV series
 * "Origin" (Angel), a fifth-season episode of Angel
 * Origin (Stargate), the religion of the Ori
 * "Origin" (Stargate SG-1), a ninth-season episode of Stargate SG-1
 * Origins: The Journey of Humankind, a National Geographic TV series
 * "The Origin" (Dark), episode 4 of season 3 of the Dark TV series
 * "The Origins" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a two-part fourth-season episode of The Amazing World of Gumball

Gaming

 * Origin (service), a video game digital distribution service and platform from Electronic Arts
 * Origin Systems, a former video game developer
 * Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in Tales of Phantasia and its prequel, Tales of Symphonia
 * Origins, spirits that are attached to The Mystics in Legaia 2: Duel Saga
 * Origins Award, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
 * Origins Game Fair, an annual board game event in Columbus, Ohio
 * Assassin's Creed Origins, part of the Assassin's Creed franchise
 * Batman: Arkham Origins, part of the Batman game franchise
 * Dragon Age: Origins, a 2009 role-playing video game and first installment of the Dragon Age series
 * F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to F.E.A.R. by Monolith
 * Rayman Origins, a 2011 installment in the Rayman series
 * Sonic Origins, a 2022 video game collection in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
 * Silent Hill: Origins, the fifth installment of the Silent Hill survival horror series and prequel to the original 1999 game
 * Origins, the final zombies map released for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
 * Origin, the final dungeon of Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Fiction

 * Origin (Baxter novel), a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
 * Origin (Brown novel), a 2017 novel by Dan Brown, the fifth installment in the Robert Langdon series
 * Origin, a 2007 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
 * Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
 * The Origin (novel), a biographical novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone

Nonfiction

 * Origins (Cato), Cato the Elder's lost work on Roman and Italian history
 * Origins, a book on evolution by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin

Music

 * The Origin (Einhorn), a 2009 opera/oratorio by Richard Einhorn

Groups

 * Origin (band), an American metal band formed in 1997
 * The Origin (band), an American rock and power pop band 1985–1992
 * Origin, a jazz group led by Chick Corea

Albums

 * Origin (Borknagar album), 2006
 * Origin (Dayseeker album), 2015
 * Origin (Evanescence demo album), 2000
 * Origin (Origin album), 2000
 * Origin (Omnium Gatherum album), 2021
 * Origin (Jordan Rakei album), 2019
 * Origin, an EP by Kelly Moran, 2019
 * The Origin (album), by The Origin, 1990
 * Origins (Bridge to Grace album), 2015
 * Origins (Eluveitie album), 2014
 * Origins (God Is an Astronaut album), 2013
 * Origins (Imagine Dragons album), 2018
 * Origins (Dan Reed Network album), by Dan Reed Network, 2018
 * Origins, by Steve Roach, 1993

Songs

 * "Origin", by Neurosis from their 2007 album Given to the Rising

Periodicals

 * Origin (magazine), an American poetry magazine
 * Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)
 * Origins, a peer-reviewed creation science journal of the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI)

Brands and enterprises

 * Atos Origin, a company formed by the merger of BSO and Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division
 * Origin Energy, an Australian gas and electricity company
 * Origin Enterprises, Irish agribusiness multinational
 * Origin PC, a personal computer manufacturer
 * Origins (cosmetics), a plant-based skin care and fragrance company of Estée Lauder
 * Toyota Origin, a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan
 * Origin (3D printing), a San Francisco-based 3D printing company acquired by Stratasys

Philosophy and religion

 * Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
 * Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
 * Origin myth, a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
 * Origin story, or pourquoi story, a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
 * Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)

Biology and medicine

 * Origin (anatomy), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
 * Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
 * Noogony, the study of the origin of concepts in the mind
 * Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
 * Origin of replication, the location at which DNA replication is initiated
 * Paleoanthropology, the study of human origin
 * Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry

Computing and technology

 * Dalsa Origin, a digital movie camera
 * Origin of a URI, as used in the Same-origin policy
 * Origin (data analysis software), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
 * Original equipment manufacturer (OEM), any company which manufactures products for another company's brand name
 * SGI Origin 200, a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
 * SGI Origin 2000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
 * SGI Origin 3000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000
 * Origination, a concept in Voice over IP telephony

Mathematics

 * Origin (mathematics), a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space
 * Most commonly, the point of intersection of the axes in the Cartesian coordinate system
 * Origin, the pole in the polar coordinate system

Time

 * Origin, a general point in time
 * Origin, an epochal date or event, see epoch
 * Origin, in astronomy, an epochal moment, i.e., a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body

Other

 * Origin, in cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe
 * Origin, in cosmology, the study of the universe and humanity's place in it

Sports

 * Rugby League football
 * International Origin, England vs Exiles
 * City vs Country Origin (1911–2017), annual match in New South Wales
 * State of Origin series (often simply "Origin"), annual best-of-three NSW vs Queensland

Other uses

 * Origin, or genealogy, the origin of families
 * Origin, or etymology, the origin of words
 * Origin, or toponymy, the origin of place names