Doonf & mEnglish, Literature Transferred use of the surname Doon. Known bearers of this name include the American writer Doon Arbus (b. 1945) and the British comedian Doon Mackichan (b... [more]
DoonafManx Derived from Manx doo "black; black-haired, black headed".
DoorfLiterature One of the main characters in Neil Gaiman's novel Neverwhere.
Doorf & mDutch, Limburgish Dutch and Limburgish variant form of Dora (when borne by a female bearer) or a short form of Isidoor or Theodoor (when borne by a male bearer).
DoorimJapanese (Rare) This name is used as 通 (tsu, tsuu, kayo.u, too.shi, too.su, too.ri, -too.ri, too.ru, -doo.shi, -doo.ri) meaning "avenue, commute, pass through, traffic."... [more]
Doorkef & mLimburgish Limburgish diminutive form of Door. Although seen on both genders, it is most often used on females.
DorabellafTheatre, American (South, Rare, Archaic) Dorabella is a character in Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers; 1790 ), an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
DoradomAstronomy From Spanish dorar "to gild, to cover in gold". Dorado is one of the constellations created by Dutch explorers in the 16th century. It represents the dolphinfish.
DoraemonmPopular Culture From Japanese どら猫 (dora neko) meaning "stray cat" and 衛門 (emon), an old-fashioned suffix for male names. In the homonymous manga and anime, Doraemon is an earless robotic cat who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a boy named Nobita Nobi.
DoraldinafAmerican (?) This was the invented stage name of actress and dancer Dora Saunders (1888–1936), though she basically adapted this name for her everyday life.
DoraurafItalian, 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.
DorcasinafLiterature, 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).
Dorchaf & mIrish Means "dark", from Irish and Scottish Gaelic (dorcha) meaning “dark, dusky, enigmatic”, from Old Irish (dorchae) "dark, gloomy, obscure". Compare to Feardorcha.
DordifNorwegian, 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.
DoremifJapanese 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]
DorichafAncient 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.
Dorielm & fHebrew, 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]
DorietfDutch (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.
DoriettefMaltese Diminutive of Doria by way of combining it with the French diminutive ending -ette.
DorigenfLiterature 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.
DorilasmArthurian 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.
DorimènefFrench (Archaic), Theatre Meaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'.
Dori-mum & fJapanese 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]
DorixenosmAncient 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]
DoriyafHebrew (Rare) Combination of the names Dori (or Dor), means "(my) generation" with the letters יה (which are part of the name of God).
Dorjm & fMongolian Means "diamond, vajra" in Mongolian, ultimately from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ (rdo rje) (see Dorji).
DorletafBasque 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.
DorliskafTheatre, 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).
DorofGerman 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.
DorrigomLiterature 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]
DorrinfManx Manx form of Doireann. This name used to be Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Dorothy.
DorritfEnglish, 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]
DoruntinafAlbanian, 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).
DoruntinëfAlbanian Doruntinë is the female protagonist of the Albanian folk ballad (also existing in a prose version) 'Constantine and Doruntinë'.
DostanafSerbian (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.
DostonbekmTajik (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]
DoszhanmKazakh Derived from Kazakh дос (dos) meaning "friend" combined with жан (zhan) meaning "soul".