All Submitted Names

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Doralba f Italian
Combination of Dora and Alba 1, with the overall meaning of "gift of dawn" or "white gift".
Dorald m Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant spelling of Thorald in Denmark, but elsewhere (especially in the anglophone world), this name is most likely a combination of a name that contains the Greek element δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" (such as Dorus and Theodore) with a name that ends in -ald (such as Archibald, Gerald and Ronald).... [more]
Doraldina f American (?)
This was the invented stage name of actress and dancer Dora Saunders (1888–1936), though she basically adapted this name for her everyday life.
Doralice f Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Theatre, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Name used by the Italian poets Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto in their epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483-1495) and Orlando furioso (1516-1532), where it belongs to a Saracen princess.... [more]
Doraline f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Elaboration of Dora combining it with the productive name suffix -line or else a combination of Dora and Line.
Doralis f Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly a Hispanic variant of Doralice or simply an elaboration of Dora using the popular name suffix lis (which in turn is derived from Lisbeth or a related name).
Doralise f French (Cajun), American (South), Louisiana Creole, French (Acadian)
Variant of Doralice as well as an 18th- and 19th-century elaboration of Dora using the then-popular name suffix lise.
Doralyn f English (Rare)
Combination of Dora and the popular name suffix -lyn.
Doramas m Spanish (Canarian, Rare, Archaic)
Means "the one with wide noses".... [more]
Doramin m Literature
Doramin is a character in "Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad.
Doranda f Italian (Rare)
Truncated form of Adoranda.
Dorann f English (Rare)
Combination of Dora and Ann, perhaps used as a variant of Doreen or a feminine variant of Doran.
Dorante m Theatre
Meaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'.
Dorarta f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Dorart.
Dorastella f French (Rare)
Combination of Dora and Stella 1.
Doratea f Medieval Italian
Medieval Italian variant of Dorotea.
Dorathia f Scottish (Archaic)
Variant of Dorothea recorded in the 1600s.
Dorathy f English
Variant of Dorothy.
Doraura f Italian, Literature
Possibly a contraction of names Dora and Aura. It appears in tragicomedy "L'Armelindo" (1664) by Francesco Maria de Luco Sereni and in a novel "Il Floridoro ò vero Historia del conte di Racalmuto" (1703) by Gabriele Martiano.
Doray f Filipino
Diminutive of Dolores, Isadora and Teodora.
Dorcasina f Literature, English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Dorcas used by American author Tabitha Gilman Tenney for the title character in her novel 'Female Quixotism, Exhibited in the Romantic Opinions and Extravagant Adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon' (1801).
Dorcha f & m Irish
Means "dark", from Irish and Scottish Gaelic (dorcha) meaning “dark, dusky, enigmatic”, from Old Irish (dorchae) "dark, gloomy, obscure". Compare to Feardorcha.
Dorcia f Polish
Diminutive of Dorota.
Dordei f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian dialectal variant of Dordi recorded in Buskerud.
Dordi f Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Dorede, which was a variant of Dorete, the Old Swedish form of Dorothea. It has been used in Sweden since at least the 16th century.
Dore f & m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch short form of given names that contain the Greek element δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift", such as Isidore and Theodora.
Dore f German
Variant of Dora.
Dorea f Literature, Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
The name of one of the "sand snakes" in 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin.
Doreida f Spanish (Latin American)
Of unknown meaning; possibly inspired by Nereida.
Dorel m Romanian
Derived from Romanian dor "longing".
Dorel m & f Hebrew (Modern)
Combination of the names Dor and El means "God's Generation" in Hebrew.
Dorela f Romanian
Feminine form of Dorel.
Dorelia f Romanian, Romani
Elaboration of Dorela.
Doremi f Japanese
From Japanese 一 (do) meaning "one" or 瞳 (do) meaning "pupil of the eye", 二 (re) meaning "two", 麗 (re) meaning "beautiful, lovely", 憐 (re) meaning "pity, sympathize" or 澪 (re) meaning "waterway, channel" combined with 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful"... [more]
Dorene f English
Variant of Doreen.
Dorenia f Romani
Romani name of uncertain origin, most likely an elaboration of Dora or a corruption of a similar name, like Dorina 1, Doreen or Dorinda... [more]
Doresa f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Doris.
Doreta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Dorotea.
Doretha f English
Likely a variant of Doretta.
Dorethy f Medieval Irish
Variant of Dorothy, recorded in late medieval Ireland on women born into English and Anglo-Norman families.
Dörg m German (Rare)
Probably a variant of Dirk, or a blend between Dirk and Jörg.
Dóri f Hungarian
Diminutive of Dóra.
Dori f English
Variant of Dory.
Dori m Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Doori.
Dorián m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Dorian.
Doriani f Brazilian
Brazilian phonetic variant of Doriane.
Dorians m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Dorian.
Doriav m Hebrew (Rare)
Possibly means "generation of my father" from דּוֹר (see Dor) and אָב (ab) meaning "father".
Dorica f Croatian, Slovene
Diminutive of Dora.
Doricha f Ancient Greek
Derived from the name Δωρίς (Doris) and a diminutive suffix, effectively meaning "little Dorian woman". This is possibly the real name of the hetaera Rhodopis.
Dorie m & f Scots
Short form of both Theodore and Theodora.
Doriel m & f Hebrew, Literature
Possibly means "God's generation" in Hebrew, in which case it would be derived from Hebrew dor "generation" (see also Dor) combined with Hebrew el "God"... [more]
Dorien f Dutch, Flemish
Dutch form of Dorine, with its spelling phonetical in nature.
Doriet f Dutch (Rare)
Dutchification of Dorita and perhaps also of Dorit 2. There are likely also cases where this name is a combination of the names Dora and Riet.
Doriette f Maltese
Diminutive of Doria by way of combining it with the French diminutive ending -ette.
Dorigen f Literature
Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin. This is the name of the faithful wife in 'The Franklin's Tale', one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Do-right m English (Puritan)
An exhortatory puritanical name, thus rarely used. See Do-good.
Dorija f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene feminine form of Dorian.
Dorijana f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene feminine form of Dorian.
Dorilas m Arthurian Cycle
A Knight of the Round Table and the nephew of King Nentres of Garlot. He fought with his uncle against the Saxons at the battles of Broceliande and Clarence.
Dorilea f Theatre
Dorilea is a shepherdess in the 17th-century play "Granida" by Dutch playwright Pieter Cornelisz.
Dorimachos m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and μάχη (mache) meaning "battle".
Dorimedont m Russian (Rare, Archaic), Romanian (Rare, Archaic)
From Ancient Greek Δορυμέδοντος, means "master of spear", where δόρυ="spear" and μέδων, μέδοντος="master, chief". ... [more]
Dorimène f French (Archaic), Theatre
Meaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'.
Dori-mu m & f Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (dori-mu) meaning "dream", 童 (do) meaning "juvenile, child", 莉 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 夢 (mu) meaning "dream". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well... [more]
Dorin f Hebrew (Modern)
Popular girls name in Israel, it is came from the name Doron
Dorina f Romansh
Romansh diminutive of Dora.
Dorinho m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of names containing -dor-, such as Teodoro and Heliodoro.... [more]
Dorinka f Hungarian
Diminutive of Dorina 2.
Dorion m Hungarian
Variant of Dorián.
Dorissa f English
Elaboration of Doris.
Dorisz f Hungarian
Variant of Dorottya, meaning "gift of God".
Doritha f Swedish
Variant of Dorita.
Dorival m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Probably derived from the French surname D'orival (see Orival).... [more]
Dorixenos m Ancient Greek
The first element of this name is a little bit uncertain. The Greek noun δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" is the most obvious candidate, but it is also possible that the first element is connected to the Greek tribe of the Dorians in some way, such as via the Greek adjective Δωρικός (Dorikos) meaning "Dorian, Doric" (also compare Doris)... [more]
Doriya f Hebrew (Rare)
Combination of the names Dori (or Dor), means "(my) generation" with the letters יה (which are part of the name of God).
Dorj m & f Mongolian
Means "diamond, vajra" in Mongolian, ultimately from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje) (see Dorji).
Dorja f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene short form of Doroteja.
Dorjai m & f Ladakhi
Ladakhi form of Dorji.
Dorjay m & f Ladakhi
Ladakhi form of Dorji.
Dorje m & f Tibetan
Alternate transcription of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (see Dorji).
Dorjee m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Alternate transcription of Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (see Dorji).
Dorjey m & f Ladakhi
Ladakhi form of Dorji.
Dorjsüren m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Dorkȧ f Vilamovian
Vilamovian form of Dorothy.
Dorkada f Greek
Modern Greek form of Dorcas.
Dorkás f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Dorcas.
Dorla f English (Modern)
A combination of Dora and Darla.
Dorle f German
Diminutive of Dorothea.
Dorleta f Basque
Derived from the name of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Dorleta which is located in the town of Leintz Gatzaga in the Gipuzkoa province of the Basque Country in Spain. She is considered the patron saint of cyclists in Spain.
Dorli f German (Swiss)
Diminutive of Dora and Dorothea.
Dorliska f Theatre, English (American, Archaic)
Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) is an operatic dramma semiserio in two acts by Gioachino Rossini based on the novel Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas (1787–1790) by the revolutionary Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, whose work was the source of the Lodoïska libretto set by Luigi Cherubini (1791), and Lodoiska set by Stephen Storace (1794), and Simon Mayr (1796).
Dormán m Hungarian
Cognate of Dorman.
Dorman m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Dorman.
Dormánd m Hungarian
Diminutive of Dormán.
Dormod m Norwegian (Archaic)
Combination of Greek doron "gift" and Germanic móðr "mind, spirit, courage".
Doro f German
Diminutive of Dorothea, typically used as a nickname, not as a given name in its own right. It is used as a stage name by the German hard-rock singer Dorothee Pesch.
Doro m Mordvin
Mordvin form of Dorofey.
Doro m Spanish, Asturian, Italian
Short form of names such as Teodoro, Isidoro and Doroteo.
Dorocia f Polish
Diminutive of Dorota.
Dorofeia f Medieval Russian
Feminine form of Dorofei.
Dorofeya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Dorothea.
Dorona f Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Doron. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch singer Dorona Alberti (b. 1975).
Doroppuun m Yakut
Yakut form of Trofim.
Dorosh m Ukrainian
Ukrainian folk form of Dorotheos.
Dorote m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Dorotheos (see Dorothea).
Dorotèa f Provençal, Gascon
Provençal and Gascon form of Dorothea.
Doroteea f Romanian
Romanian form of Dorothy.
Dorotei m History (Ecclesiastical)
Romanian form of Dorotheus. This was the name of several early saints.
Doroteu m Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Dorotheos.
Dorotey m Bulgarian (Rare)
Bulgarian form of Dorotheos.
Dorotêye f Walloon
Walloon form of Dorothea.
Dorotha f English
Variant of Dorothy.
Dóróthea f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Dorothea.
Dorothye f German (Silesian, Archaic), Medieval German
Medieval and Silesian German variant of Dorothea.
Doroti f Hungarian (Modern)
Hungarian borrowing of Dorothy.
Dorotia f Hungarian (Archaic)
Archaic variant of Dorottya.
Dorotka f Czech, Kashubian, Polish
Diminutive of Dorota.
Dorr m English
Transferred use of the surname Dörr.
Dorra f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Dorra Ibrahim Zarrouk (born January 13, 1980) is a Tunisian actress living in Egypt.
Dorraine f English (American)
Possibly a blend of Doreen and Lorraine.... [more]
Dorreen f English
Variant of Doreen.
Dorrie f English, Dutch
Diminutive of Dorothy, Doris, or other names containing the dor sound.
Dorrigo m Literature
The name of a town in New South Wales whose name was originally Don Dorrigo, from either the Gumbaynggirr word Dunn Dorriga, meaning "tallowwood tree", or from dundorrigo, meaning "stringybark tree"... [more]
Dorrin f Manx
Manx form of Doireann. This name used to be Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Dorothy.
Dorrit f English, Literature
Transferred use of a surname deriving either from Durward or Dorothy. Made famous by Charles Dickens in his novel Little Dorrit (1855-7) and first-name usage probably derives from it... [more]
Dorry f English
Variant of Dory.
Dorsa f Persian
Means "pearl-like" in Persian.
Dorsaf f Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic در (durr) meaning "pearl" combined with صاف (ṣāfin) meaning "pure, clear, bright".
Dorsey m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dorsey.
Dorsille f Louisiana Creole
Possibly a Creole variant of French Drusille.
Dorste m Sami
Sami form of Torsten.
Dorta f Swedish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Doreta (see also Dorthe and Dörthe).
Dortchen f German (Archaic)
German diminutive of Dorothea. This was the name of the wife of Wilhelm Grimm, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.
Dörte f Low German (Rare), East Frisian
Low German and East Frisian short form of Dorothea.
Dorthelia f American (South, Archaic)
Possibly a combination of Dorothy and Celia.
Dorthia f American (Rare)
Contracted form of Dorothia.
Dortlies f German (Rare)
Combination of Dort, a diminutive of Dorothea and Lies a diminutive of Elisabeth.
Doruntina f Albanian, Folklore
This name is best known as that of the heroine in the Albanian legend and ballad Kostandini dhe Doruntina (Constantin and Doruntine in English).
Doruntinë f Albanian
Doruntinë is the female protagonist of the Albanian folk ballad (also existing in a prose version) 'Constantine and Doruntinë'.
Dorus m Dutch, Limburgish
Short form of Theodorus and sometimes also Isidorus and Dorotheus.... [more]
Dorval m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant or shortened form of Dorival.... [more]
Dorvina f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a contracted form of Dorvalina.
Dory m Hebrew, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Hebrew דּוֹרִי (See Dori).
Doryan m French
Variant of Dorian.
Doryclus m Greek Mythology
Derived from δόρῠ (doru) meaning "wood, tree" and κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".
Doryda f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Doris.
Dorymedon m Ancient Greek
derived from Greek δόρυ (dory) "wood, tree" or "spear" combined with the Greek noun μέδων (medon) meaning "ruler" (see Medon).
Dorymenes m Ancient Greek
Probably derived from Greek δόρυ (dory) "wood, tree" or "spear" combined with μενος (menos) "power, strength, spirit".
Doryss f English
Variant of Doris.
Doryty f Cornish
Cornish form of Dorothy.
Dorzho m Buryat
Means "diamond" in Buryat, from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje) (see Dorji).
Dos m Kazakh
Means "friend" in Kazakh, of Persian origin.
Dose f Latvian (Archaic)
Recorded in Latvia in the 17th-century
Doshia f English (American)
Possibly a diminutive of Theodosia. (Cf. Docia.)
Doshie f American
Diminutive of Theodosia.
Dosi f & m Galician
Galician short form of Eudosia and Eudosio.
Dosie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy or Theodosia.
Dosifei m Russian
Variant transcription of Dosifey.
Dositea f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Dositeo.
Dositeo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Dositheos via Dositheus.
Dositeos m Georgian (Rare)
Variant form or spelling of Dositeoz.
Dositeoz m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Dositheos. A notable bearer of this name is saint Dositeoz of Tbilisi (died in 1795).
Dositeu m Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Galician (Archaic)
Catalan, Galician and Portuguese form of Dositheos.
Dosithée m French (Rare, Archaic)
French form of Dositheos via Dositheus.
Dosma f Batak
From Toba Batak dos meaning "same, similar, in kind" and the suffix -ma indicating emphasis.
Dosmuhammed m Kazakh
Combination of the Kazakh word dos, meaning "friend" (ultimately derived from Persian dost) and the Islamic name Muhammed.
Doss m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Doss.
Dossantos m Brazilian (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dos Santos.
Dossie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Dorothy, Eudoxia, Theodosia, and other names with a similar sound.
Dosso m Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish dous- "forearm". The (additional) meaning "hand" has been suggested.
Dost m Turkish
friend
Dostana f Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the word for "enough" (dosta). Given to a child whose parents wish for that child to be their last, as there are already too many children in the family.
Doston m Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of Dastan.... [more]
Dostonbek m Tajik (Rare), Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of Dastanbek. Known bearers of this name include the Uzbek soccer players Dostonbek Khamdamov (b. 1996) and Dostonbek Tursunov (b... [more]
Doszhan m Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh дос (dos) meaning "friend" combined with жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
Dota f German (Modern, Rare)
German short form of the name Dorothea.
Dota f Medieval Basque
Medieval Basque name of uncertain origin and meaning, first recorded in the 1400s.
Dotan m & f Hebrew (Rare)
The Bible tells us that Joseph found his brothers in a place named Dotan, which is possibly means "pit" or "hole" in Hebrew.
Dothan m English (Rare)
English variant of Dotan.
Dothias m Frisian
Derived from duif or duive meaning pigeon.
Dotir f Old Danish
Old Danish form of Dóttir.
Dotis m & f Greek Mythology
Dotis (male), son of Asterius and Amphictyone (herself daughter of Phthius)... [more]
Dotschy f Romani
The name of the Jazz singer and Sinti activist Dotschy Reinhardt.
Dotsi f English
Variant of Dotsie.
Dotsie f English
Diminutive of Dorothy.
Dotsy f English
Variant of Dotsie.
Dótta f Old Danish
Possibly an Old Danish form of Dóttir. The name appears in the epic work 'Heimskringla' written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
Dóttir f Old Norse
From Old Norse dóttir meaning "daughter".
Dottye f English
Alternative spelling of Dotty.
Dou m & f Chinese
From the Chinese character 豆... [more]
Douaa f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic دعاء (see Dua) chiefly used in North Africa.
Douae f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic دعاء (see Dua) chiefly used in Morocco.
Douangchanh f & m Lao
Means "moon" in Lao.
Douangchay m & f Lao
From Lao ດວງ (douang) meaning "star, circle, sphere" and ໃຈ (chay) meaning "mind, heart".
Douangdeuane f Lao (Rare)
Means "moon" in Lao.