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 [ 2 syll. do-ris, dor-is ] The girl name Doris is pronounced DAORIHS KEY. 1: Doris' language of origin is Old Greek. It is predominantly used in English, German, and Greek. The name Doris means 'bountiful; of the Dorian tribe; from Doris; gift'. From doris which means 'bountiful' ; doron which means 'gift'. The name could be derived from the Greek element doris ('bountiful'), or else it could be from the name of an ancient Greek tribe, the Dorians, who lived in a region in central Greece called Doris. In Greek mythology, the name was borne by a minor goddess of the sea who was married to Nereus; their fifty daughters were sea nymphs known as the Nereids. The name was taken up by English speakers in the late 19th century. In the UK, the name is known from the fictional Doris Archer in BBC's long-running radio soap opera, The Archers (1950-), while in the USA, the fame of the actress Doris Day (1924-) has contributed to the popularity of the name. Doris is the feminine version of the English, French, and German Dorian. Forms of the name include the English and Spanish Dori, the English Doria, the English Dorice, the Hawaiian Dorisa, the English Dorise, the English Dorita, the English Dorri, and the Hawaiian Kolika. The pet forms Dorrie (English) and Dory (English), and the spelling variant Dorris (English) are other forms of Doris. 2: Doris is primarily used in the English language and it is also of English origin. The name is sometimes treated as a combination of Dorothy and Phyllis. See also the related forms, the English Dorothy and the English and German Phyllis. Doris is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1929, 1.425% of baby girls were given the name Doris. It had a ranking of #6 then. The baby name has substantially fallen in popularity since then, and is now used on an infrequent scale. Within all girl names in its family, Doris was nonetheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Doris include the English Dorice, the English Dorris, the English Darcee, the English Darcey, the English Darci, the English Darcie, the English Darcy, the English and Greek Darice, the Czech Darka, the English Darsey, the Indian Darsha, the English Darsi, the English Darsie, the English Dorcas, the English Dorise, the Czech, Polish, and Russian Dorka, the English Dorkas, the Slavic Draga, the English Dreesa, and the English Dreesha. Details of famous persons named Doris: KEY: Pronunciation for Doris: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
