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Dorine

Dorine means “gift (debated)”. 1,580 US babies since 1940, peak 1959. Notable Dorines are 1.3× over-represented as footballers.

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What it means

“gift (debated)”

Spelling of Doreen

Doreen around the world

  • Дорин · Russian
  • دورين · Arabic
  • דורין · Hebrew
  • ドリーン · Japanese
  • 多琳 · Chinese

In US birth records

Peak year: 1959

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

1,580 US babies were named Dorine between 1940 and 2025.

Dorine around the world

  • France: 6,480 babies since 1900, peak 1996, No. 3,142 in 2025
  • Belgium: 149 babies since 1995, peak 1996

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Dorines end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Footballer1.3×Low · 3 people
Singer1.2×Low · 2 people
Journalist1.2×Low · 2 people
Basketball player1.3×Low · 2 people

Among notable women who are footballers, Dorines show up 1.3× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 33 Doreens spell it Dorine

  • Doreen 81%
  • Dorene 12%
  • Dorine 3%
  • Dorianne 1%
  • Doriann 1%
  • Doreene 1%
  • Dorean 1%
  • Dorraine <1%
  • Dorrine <1%
  • Dorann <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1959)