Dorinda

Where Dorinda comes from

An 18th-century coinage from Dora or Dorothy, + -inda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dorinda
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Dorinda through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,278 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Peak, #605
    147 babies named Dorinda, its best rank.
  3. 1946
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #985.
  4. 1957
    Dorinda Clark-Cole born
    American singer
  5. 1976
    Dorinda Cox born
    Australian politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Dorinda Clark-Cole · American singer, born 1957
  • Dorinda Cox · Australian politician, born 1976
  • Dorinda Medley · American television personality, born 1964

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.