Gender: Boy
Meaning: Of the Dorians or from Doris
Origin: Greek
Popularity: Ranked #537 in 2024 with 553 babies born.
History: Dorian refers to the Dorians, an ancient Greek people who settled in the Peloponnese and other parts of Greece. The name comes from 'Doris,' a region of central Greece, and may derive from the Greek 'doron,' meaning gift. Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) immortalized the name, giving it associations with beauty, youth, and moral complexity.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Dorian? About 1 in 5,965 babies born in 2024 were named Dorian, or roughly 1.5 per day in the United States.
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