Dorian

Where Dorian comes from

Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Dorian
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,829 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Dorian Yates born
    Six-Times Mr. Olympia
  3. 1963
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1996
    Dorian Babunski born
    Macedonian association football player
  5. 2000
    Peak, #398
    639 babies named Dorian — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • 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.
Namesakes
  • Dorian Babunski · Macedonian association football player, born 1996
  • Dorian Yates · Six-Times Mr. Olympia, born 1962
  • Dorian Gregory · American actor, born 1971
  • Dorian Harewood · American actor, born 1950
  • Dorian van Rijsselberghe · Dutch windsurfer, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.