[Facts] Re: Doris in early 19th century Germany
The university of Leipzig in Germany has a "Namensberatungsstelle", something like a information center for German given names. It is known as an authority in this matter. They list Doris on one of their name info pages:
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~vornam/wcms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=35They say there that Doris became popular during the "Rokoko" (Late Baroque, 18th century) together with some other names in the wake of a type of literature called "Schäferpoesie" in German. Here an entry in a German encyclopedia from 1857 about that literary movement:
http://www.zeno.org/Herder-1854/A/SchäferpoesieI couldn't find an English translation for "Schäferpoesie"; maybe "pastoral poetry"?
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Doris in early 19th century Germany  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  3/29/2012, 8:14 PM
Re: Doris in early 19th century Germany  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  4/8/2012, 1:59 PM
Link to my column on Doris  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  4/3/2012, 12:27 PM
That does happen.  ·  pistachio  ·  3/30/2012, 8:32 PM
Re: Doris in early 19th century Germany  ·  Rene  ·  3/30/2012, 8:24 AM
Re: Doris in early 19th century Germany  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  3/30/2012, 12:46 PM