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Dorak m Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Nepali, TeluguHindi, Sanskrit: डोरक... [
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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.
Dorante m TheatreMeaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme'.
Doraura f Italian, LiteraturePossibly 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.
Dorcha f & m IrishMeans "dark", from Irish and Scottish Gaelic (
dorcha) meaning “dark, dusky, enigmatic”, from Old Irish (
dorchae) "dark, gloomy, obscure". Compare to
Feardorcha.
Doremi f JapaneseFrom 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"... [
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Doriav m Hebrew (Rare)Possibly means "generation of my father" from דּוֹר (see
Dor) and אָב (
ab) meaning "father".
Doricha f Ancient GreekDerived from the name Δωρίς (
Doris) and a diminutive suffix, effectively meaning "little Dorian woman". This is possibly the real name of the hetaera
Rhodopis.
Doriel m & f Hebrew, LiteraturePossibly 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"... [
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Doriette f MalteseDiminutive of
Doria by way of combining it with the French diminutive ending
-ette.
Dorigen f LiteratureMeaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin. This is the name of the faithful wife in 'The Franklin's Tale', one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Dorilas m Arthurian CycleA 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 TheatreDorilea is a shepherdess in the 17th-century play "Granida" by Dutch playwright Pieter Cornelisz.
Dori-mu m & f JapaneseFrom 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... [
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Dorixenos m Ancient GreekThe 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)... [
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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 MongolianMeans "diamond, vajra" in Mongolian, ultimately from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ
(rdo rje) (see
Dorji).
Dorjsüren m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian дорж
(dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Dorleta f BasqueDerived 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.
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).
Doro f GermanDiminutive 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.
Dorona f Dutch (Rare)Feminine form of
Doron. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch singer Dorona Alberti (b. 1975).
Dorrigo m LiteratureThe 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"... [
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Dorrit f English, LiteratureTransferred 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... [
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Dorsaf f Arabic (Maghrebi)From Arabic در
(durr) meaning "pearl" combined with صاف
(ṣāfin) meaning "pure, clear, bright".
Doruntina f Albanian, FolkloreThis 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 AlbanianDoruntinë is the female protagonist of the Albanian folk ballad (also existing in a prose version) 'Constantine and Doruntinë'.
Dorymenes m Ancient GreekProbably derived from Greek
δόρυ (
dory) "wood, tree" or "spear" combined with
μενος (
menos) "power, strength, spirit".
Dorzho m BuryatMeans "diamond" in Buryat, from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ
(rdo rje) (see
Dorji).
Dos m KazakhMeans "friend" in Kazakh, of Persian origin.
Dosma f BatakFrom Toba Batak
dos meaning "same, similar, in kind" and the suffix
-ma indicating emphasis.
Dosmuhammed m KazakhCombination of the Kazakh word
dos, meaning "friend" (ultimately derived from Persian
dost) and the Islamic name
Muhammed.
Dosso m GaulishDerived from Gaulish
dous- "forearm". The (additional) meaning "hand" has been suggested.
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.
Doszhan m KazakhDerived from Kazakh дос
(dos) meaning "friend" combined with жан
(zhan) meaning "soul".
Dota f Medieval BasqueMedieval 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.
Dotschy f RomaniThe name of the Jazz singer and Sinti activist Dotschy Reinhardt.
Dótta f Old DanishPossibly an Old Danish form of
Dóttir. The name appears in the epic work 'Heimskringla' written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
Douangchay m & f LaoFrom Lao ດວງ
(douang) meaning "star, circle, sphere" and ໃຈ
(chay) meaning "mind, heart".