# Origin

Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to:

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### 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

### Literature
#### 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) [de], by Dan Reed Network, 2018
* Origins, by Steve Roach, 1993
* The Origins, by Ganja White Night, 2018

#### 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)

## Science, technology and mathematics
### 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