Doireann
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Doireann is a given name, most frequently recorded in Ireland. It appears chiefly in English and , written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Possibly Irish form of Dorothy ‘God's gift’, or native Dorren ‘sullen’.
- IEIreland1 in 22K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 1.3M
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 2.1M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Possibly Irish form of Dorothy ‘God's gift’, or native Dorren ‘sullen’.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | 430 | 46% |
| US United States | 278 | 30% |
| GB United Kingdom | 100 | 11% |
| AU Australia | 89 | 9% |
| CA Canada | 15 | 2% |
≈912 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English78984%
- 334%
- Indonesian243%
- German212%
- Spanish152%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 789 | 84% |
| 33 | 4% | |
| Indonesian | 24 | 3% |
| German | 21 | 2% |
| Spanish | 15 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Doireann MacDermottb. 1923IEIrish philologist, university professor, translator and writer
- Doireann Ní Bhriainb. 1952IEIrish radio producer
- Doireann Ní Ghríofab. 1981IEIrish poet
- Doireann Garrihyb. 1992IEIrish actress, mimic and broadcaster
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 45 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Doireann?
- Our records include 912 bearers of Doireann across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Doireann have the most bearers?
- Doireann is most frequently recorded in Ireland.
- Is Doireann a male or female name?
- Doireann is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Doireann mean?
- Recorded meaning: Possibly Irish form of Dorothy ‘God's gift’, or native Dorren ‘sullen’.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Doireann”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.