Dorina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- doh-REE-nuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Dorina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Dorina mean?
Greek: pet form of Dora, used in Romania, Italy and Hungary
“gift”
A pet form of Dora, itself short for Greek names such as Theodora and Dorothea, built on doron 'gift'.
Is Dorina a girl's or a boy's name?
Dorina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dorina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dorina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dorina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
How popular is Dorina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Dorina, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1969, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more girls named Dorina than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Dorina in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dorina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,927 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,529 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Dorina
- Dora 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Dorina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diana, Darla, Lara, Maria, Darcie, Elena, Dorothy, Athena, Melissa, Sara, Martha, Rosa
Names related to Dorina
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dorina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dorina, updated 20 October 2026.