Dorian

What Dorian means

Means “of Doris”

Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Dorian” (revision 92729493), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Dorian?

US: Steady: #560 in 2015, #539 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #612 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 557 boys got the name (#539 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 3,067 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,912 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.67 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dorian is #539 in the US and #745 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.8% of US babies named Dorian were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Darian254 US · 19 E&W
• Darien125 US
• Derian51 US
• Darion40 US
• Darrian16 US
• Torian12 US
• Tyrian8 US
• Tirian7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dorian

Boys

• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Isaias#426Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #426 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*
• Zander#396Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Solomon#422“peace”^*

For a sister

• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Azaria#638Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1988, with 6 babies
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dorian’s. Rank is US 2025.