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Doris
Pronounced /ˈdɔɹɪs/
Rank in 2024
#2,204
Born in 2024
86
Peak year
1928 · #7
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 86 girls were named Doris, about 1 in every 18,758.
- It peaked in 1928 with 16,574 babies, ranked #7.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 462,485 girls have been named Doris since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Doris per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 8.7Greatest1901–27
- 9.0Silent1928–45
- 2.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 179,064 babies, 8.75 per 1,000. Silent: 185,024 babies, 8.95 per 1,000. Boomers: 77,657 babies, 2.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,420 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,460 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,545 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,126 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris. ==== Proper noun ==== Doris (plural Dorises) (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids. An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians. An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians. (astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century. A surname.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdɔɹɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Doris, CC BY-SA 4.0.