Name: Dorian
Gender: Male
Usage: Dorian, of anglo-saxon origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Dorian are in general originating from Albania, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Dorian is: Descendant of Doris.
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Numerology of the first name Dorian: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Dorian is ranked on the 2,466th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 153300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Dorian has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Dorian /ˈdɔəriən/ is a name of Greek origin meaning "from Doris", or alternatively from the Gaelic name Doireann meaning "tempestuous weather". It was probably created by Oscar Wilde for the main character in his The Picture of Dorian Gray, after whom the syndrome Dorian Gray syndrome. It is used mainly for men, but is also used occasionally for women. It is the name of a long-running female soap opera character, Dorian Cramer, on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. It may also refer to the ancient Greek or the modern Dorian mode of the major scale in Western music.
English: early 20th-century coinage, apparently invented by Oscar Wilde, as no evidence has been found of its existence before he used it for the central character in The Portrait of Dorian Gray (1891). Dorian Gray is a dissolute rake who retains unblemished youthful good looks; in the attic of his home is a portrait which does his ageing for him, gradually acquiring all the outward marks of his depravity. This macabre background has not deterred parents from occasionally bestowing the name on their children. Wilde probably took the name from Late Latin Dōriānus, from Greek Dōrieus, member of the Greek-speaking people who settled in the Peloponnese in pre-classical times. Dorian would thus be a masculine version of Doris. It may have been selected occasionally by admirers of ancient Sparta and its militaristic institutions, since the Spartans were of Dorian stock.
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