Doreen

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled דורין in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Doreen is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name43K records spelled Doreen7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Doréen

• a separate given name23K records spelled Doreen3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Doréen, Döreen

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Doreen is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English: derivative of DORA , with the addition of the productive suffix - een (in origin an Irish diminutive). The name came into use at the beginning of the 20th century, when there was a particular vogue for such names. See also DOREAN . Variants: Dorene, Dorine .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 124 years between 1900–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mollie Phillipsb. 1907GBnot in their usual nameBritish female skater (1907–1994)
• Doreen Langb. 1915NZNew Zealand-born American character actress (1915–1999)
• Doreen Valienteb. 1922GBEnglish writer (1922–1999)
• Doreen Carwithenb. 1922GBBritish composer of classical and film music (1922–2003)
• Doreen Mantleb. 1930ZASouth African-born English actress
• Doreen Simmonsb. 1932GBEnglish sumo commentator (1932-2018)
• Doreen Masseyb. 1944GBBritish social scientist and geographer
• Doreen Virtueb. 1958USAmerican writer
• Doreen Jacobib. 1974DEGerman actress
• Doreen Dietelb. 1974DEGerman actress (born 1974)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 450 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Doreen?

We estimate roughly 48 thousand people bear Doreen (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Doreen have the most bearers?

Doreen is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled doreen.

Where is Doreen most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Doreen is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 603 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Doreen compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Doreen is the 298th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Doreen a male or female name?

Doreen 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 Doreen mean?

Recorded meaning: Anglicization of the Irish name }Dorean.