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
Dorian through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,829 among boys with 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 on, more boys have.
  4. 1996
    Dorian Babunski born
    Macedonian association football player
  5. 2000
    Peak, #398
    639 babies named Dorian, its best rank.
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.