Doris

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled דוריס in IL Israel, FR France and Dori in BR Brazil.

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 15 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◐

Doris is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name916K records spelled Doris20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Venezuela, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Döris, Dorís, Dörïs, Doride, Dóris

• a separate given name78K records spelled Doris4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Dorís, Dóris, Dori̲s

• French given name69K records spelled Doris6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Dóris, Dorìs, Dorïs, Dõrïs

• Croatian given name21K records spelled Doris14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Bulgaria, United Kingdom

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Дорис, Dorris

• Finnish given name16K records spelled Doris4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, United States, Slovenia

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Dóris

• Indonesian given name8.8K records spelled Doris3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Also written Dörïš, Dóris

• Polish given name8.0K records spelled Doris3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Dóris, Doriś

• Greek given name7.8K records spelled Doris9 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Ντορις, Ntoris, Δωρής, Δωρης, Δώρης

76 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●

Doris is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Greek; from the sea; also a Greek sea goddess

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• In English, The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, a female given name from English, popular in the mid-twentieth century

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In grc, Griego; "muchacha doria", procedente de la Dóride.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In English, mother of Nereids; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Doris Lloydb. 1896GBBritish actress (1891–1968)
• Doris Lessingb. 1919GBBritish novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)
• Doris Dayb. 1922USAmerican actress and singer (1922–2019)
• Doris Robertsb. 1925USAmerican actress (1925–2016)
• Doris Hartb. 1925USAmerican tennis player (1925–2015)
• Doris Kunstmannb. 1941DEGerman actress
• Doris Matsuib. 1944USAmerican politician (born 1944)
• Doris Dörrieb. 1955DEGerman film director, writer and film producer (born 1955)
• Doris Buresb. 1962ATAustrian politician
• Doris Leuthardb. 1963CHlawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)

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 · 1,442 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Doris?

We estimate roughly 212 thousand people bear Doris (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Doris have the most bearers?

Doris is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled doris.

How common is Doris compared with other names?

In Germany, Doris is the 152nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Doris a male or female name?

Doris 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 Doris mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek Doris, name of a region and mythological figure