Dorian: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced DOR-ee-uhn · 3 syllables

Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dores + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek (Dorieus, “of Doris”).

How popular is Dorian?

Dorian was the #539 name in the US in 2025, given to 564 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Dorian in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Dorian are older than 34; most are between 19 and 68. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Dorian have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Dorian is pronounced DOR-ee-uhn.

Dorian was the #539 name in the US in 2025, given to 564 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Dorian are older than 34. Most are between 19 and 68.