Entry № 2631 · Greek origin

Doris Doris — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DOR-iss /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Sea nymph; gift"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "sea nymph; gift".

Doris (Δωρίς) is a Greek name meaning either "gift" (from dōron) or "woman from Doris" (the Greek region). In mythology, Doris was an Oceanid — daughter of Oceanus and mother of the fifty Nereids.

Doris peaked at #6 in the U.S. in 1925. Doris Day (1922-2019) was the American actress and singer.

Sea nymph. Doris Day. Mid-century glamour.

The name in its native script.

Δωρίς
Transliteration
Dōrís
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɔːr.ɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Doris stands.

Doris does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Doriss before her.

Real people
Doris Day
American actress and singer.
1922 – 2019
Doris Lessing
British Nobel-winning author.
1919 – 2013
In fiction
Doris
Greek Oceanid, mother of the Nereids.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Doris.

The number behind Doris.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Doris reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.