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Doris

in the US

There are 278,361 people with the first name "Doris" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Doris 150
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  1. is 146th most common Ralph
  2. is 147th most common Craig
  3. is 148th most common Albert
  4. is 149th most common Phillip
  5. is 150th most common Doris
  6. is 151st most common Tina
  7. is 152nd most common Paula
  8. is 153rd most common Alice
  9. is 154th most common Andrea

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dorise, Dorice, Dorisa, Dorissa, Dorica, Dories, Doric, Dorida, Dorisha, Dorius

Most Common Last Names for Doris

Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Davis, Miller, Wilson, Anderson, Taylor

Meaning & History

(female) From the classical Greek ethnic name meaning ‘Dorian woman’. The Dorians were one of the tribes of Greece; their name was traditionally derived from an ancestor, Dōros (son of Hellen, who gave his name to the Hellenes, i.e. the Greek people as a whole), but it is more likely that Dōros (whose name could be from dōron ‘gift’) was invented to account for a tribal name of obscure origin. In Greek mythology, Doris was a minor goddess of the sea, the consort of Nereus and the mother of his daughters, the Nereids or sea-nymphs, who numbered fifty (in some versions, more). The name was especially popular from about 1880 to about 1930, and was borne by the American film star Doris Day (b. 1924 as Doris Kappelhoff), among others.

Variant: Dorris.

Recent Searches for "Doris" in the US

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Doris Smith (997 searches)
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