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Dorian
Pronounced /ˈdɔːɹiən/
Rank in 2024
#17,036
Born in 2024
5
Peak year
1983 · #1101
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:553 in 2024 (#539)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5 girls were named Dorian, about 1 in every 322,638.
- It peaked in 1983 with 125 babies, ranked #1101.
- It first shows up in the records in 1919.
- 4,534 girls have been named Dorian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dorian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 37 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 82 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 965 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 968 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,386 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 890 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 206 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, famously used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdɔːɹiən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.