Doris

Where Doris comes from

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Etymology 1 sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.
— Wiktionary's entry for Doris
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #580 among girls — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1919
    Doris Lessing born
    British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer
  3. 1922
    Doris Day born
    American actress and singer
  4. 1929
    Peak, #6
    16,498 babies named Doris — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #29.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
Namesakes
  • Doris Lessing · British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer, 1919–2013
  • Doris Day · American actress and singer, 1922–2019
  • Doris Leuthard · lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council, born 1963
  • Doris Roberts · American actress, 1925–2016
  • Doris Hart · American tennis player, 1925–2015

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.