Dorian
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Dorian
The Dorians were an ancient Greek tribe, one of the three major pre-Spartan tribes. It literally means "of Doris," a Greek district, or "of Doros," referring to the son of Helen of Sparta. Dorian derives from the Greek doron, meaning "gift," along with related names such as Dorothy and Dora.
Dorian for boys#539 US
Dorian was introduced as a first name by Oscar Wilde in his 1890 novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the story of a narcissistic character who retains his youthful good looks while his portrait in the attic ages grotesquely. Despite this negative reference, Dorian's attributes have kept it consistently on the boys' list since the 1960s.
Dorian also has a musical reference, being the name of one of the modes.
Actor Dorian Harewood has been a familiar presence in movies and on TV.
Rhythmic and unusual, Dorian makes a distinctive choice.
Dorian for girls#12245 US
A male name occasionally borrowed by the girls, as in Dorian Cramer, a long-running female character on the soap One Life to Live and famous midcentury model Dorian Leigh.
Pronounced DOR-ee-un.
As of October 2026, Dorian ranked #539 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #398 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #101.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #539 | 516 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #560 | 512 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #544 | 531 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #537 | 527 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #521 | 545 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #510 | 560 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #510 | 559 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #567 | 497 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #564 | 526 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #608 | 466 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #538 | 553 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #539 | 557 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Dorian for boys
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Famous Dorians
- Dorian KingiBoy
American stuntman/actor and son of actress Lindsay Wagner
- Dorian MissickBoy
American actor
- Dorian Edward WestBoy
English rugby union player
- Dorian Alan PeñaBoy
Filipino,Brazilian,American basketball player
- Dorian van RijsselbergheBoy
Dutch windsurfer
- Dorian JordanBoy
son of musician and reality TV personality Stevie J ("Love & Hip Hop Atlanta")
- Dorian GregoryBoy
American actor
- (Willie) Dorian HarewoodBoy
American actor
- Dorian Leigh (1917Girl
2008), born Dorian Elizabeth Leigh Parker, American model, considered one of the first supermodels; sister of model and actress Suzy Parker (born Cecilia) as well as Florian "Cissie" and Georgiabell
Dorian in pop culture
- "The Picture of Dorian GrayBoy
" novel by Oscar Wilde
- Dorian HavilliardBoy
main character in Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series
- Dorian the DRN RobotBoy
character on TV's "Almost Human"
- Dorian LongBoy
character on TV's "Moesha"
- Dorian PavusBoy
character in video game "Dragon Age: Inquisition"
- Dorian LagatosBoy
main character in 2004 film "Dorian Blues"
- Dorian HawkmoonBoy
character in Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series
- Dorian HeywoodBoy
character on TV sitcom "A Different World"
- Jonathan Michael "J.D." DorianBoy
character on TV's "Scrubs"
- "DorianBoy
" song by Danish musician Agnes Obel
- Hurricane DorianBoy
devastating Category 5 storm that hit the Bahamas in 2019
- Dorian Cramer Lord Vickers BuchananGirl
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
- Dorian Brown PhamGirl
American Actress from Wilfred
- Dorian HavilliardGirl
Princess and wife of Chaol Westfall in Throne of Glass series by SJM