Dolores Forename
928th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 973,577 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia
Dolores Forename Definition:
A female name. Spanish, short for Maria de Dolores, ‘Mary of the Sorrows’. The name of the Blessed Virgin was formerly seldom used directly in Spain, but attributive names such as this are common, e.g. (Maria de) Mercedes, (Maria) Assunta.
Read More About This ForenameDolores Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 240,837 | 1:1,505 | 319 |
| Spain | 100% | 193,636 | 1:240 | 42 |
| Mexico | 93% | 151,694 | 1:818 | 162 |
| Philippines | 99% | 95,223 | 1:1,113 | 229 |
| Ecuador | - | 44,076 | 1:402 | 78 |
| Argentina | 91% | 34,105 | 1:1,254 | 225 |
| Brazil | 100% | 28,933 | 1:7,405 | 908 |
| Peru | 92% | 21,152 | 1:1,503 | 302 |
| Colombia | 100% | 19,889 | 1:2,402 | 319 |
| Cuba | - | 19,658 | 1:585 | 145 |
| Guatemala | 90% | 14,718 | 1:1,094 | 231 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 12,003 | 1:869 | 135 |
| El Salvador | - | 11,678 | 1:543 | 95 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9,920 | 1:3,045 | 443 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8,931 | 1:987 | 172 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 6,228 | 1:183 | 48 |
| Italy | 100% | 5,412 | 1:11,283 | 669 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 5,346 | 1:1,983 | 433 |
| Nicaragua | 82% | 4,947 | 1:1,217 | 232 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,913 | 1:6,744 | 935 |
| France | 100% | 4,821 | 1:13,788 | 765 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,909 | 1:1,188 | 215 |
| Paraguay | 97% | 3,483 | 1:2,078 | 443 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,742 | 1:35,258 | 1,226 |
| England | 100% | 2,627 | 1:21,166 | 1,325 |
| Chile | 98% | 2,368 | 1:7,435 | 643 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,667 | 1:32,713 | 3,875 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,521 | 1:2,773 | 412 |
| Micronesia | - | 1,464 | 1:73 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,372 | 1:5,987 | 769 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,317 | 1:2,966 | 576 |
| Portugal | - | 1,264 | 1:8,236 | 536 |
| Belgium | 100% | 877 | 1:13,102 | 1,227 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 768 | 1:4,463 | 455 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 645 | 1:3,812 | 536 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 605 | 1:3,047 | 421 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Guam | - | 520 | 1:309 | 36 |
| Costa Rica | 88% | 493 | 1:9,671 | 906 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 471 | 1:35,886 | 2,771 |
| Belize | 100% | 448 | 1:791 | 136 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Poland | 99% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 266 | 1:206 | 23 |
| Austria | 100% | 260 | 1:32,747 | 1,203 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 218 | 1:6,245 | 1,038 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 207 | 1:219,806 | 1,374 |
| Romania | 100% | 206 | 1:97,340 | 4,342 |
| Russia | 99% | 183 | 1:788,162 | 7,385 |
| Haiti | 100% | 169 | 1:63,473 | 4,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 166 | 1:49,110 | 4,745 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 157 | 1:151,399 | 15,212 |
| Malta | - | 142 | 1:3,024 | 498 |
| Sweden | 100% | 140 | 1:70,414 | 3,350 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 136 | 1:26,105 | 1,028 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 135 | 1:225,555 | 12,587 |
| Scotland | 100% | 133 | 1:40,228 | 1,411 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 129 | 1:167,523 | 7,485 |
| Guyana | 100% | 125 | 1:6,106 | 1,050 |
| Congo | 100% | 123 | 1:40,725 | 3,304 |
| Australia | - | 122 | 1:111,948 | 3,821 |
| Andorra | - | 119 | 1:697 | 109 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Barbados | - | 112 | 1:2,587 | 532 |
| Israel | 100% | 111 | 1:75,702 | 3,793 |
| Benin | 100% | 105 | 1:100,722 | 6,220 |
| French Polynesia | - | 97 | 1:2,865 | 584 |
| Wales | 100% | 96 | 1:32,232 | 1,409 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 88 | 1:63,950 | 2,628 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 84 | 1:83,219 | 3,220 |
| Indonesia | - | 78 | 1:3,307,227 | 147,681 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 77 | 1:299,687 | 13,165 |
| Armenia | 100% | 76 | 1:38,405 | 1,612 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 76 | 1:1,444 | 297 |
| Thailand | 100% | 69 | 1:1,015,447 | 36,795 |
| Bahamas | - | 63 | 1:6,339 | 890 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 63 | 1:2,473 | 519 |
| New Zealand | - | 63 | 1:72,001 | 3,453 |
| Albania | 78% | 58 | 1:52,527 | 4,703 |
| Jamaica | - | 58 | 1:49,711 | 2,820 |
| India | 100% | 55 | 1:22,088,690 | 504,535 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 52 | 1:5,195 | 708 |
| Finland | 100% | 51 | 1:107,513 | 2,467 |
| Norway | 100% | 48 | 1:106,924 | 3,383 |
| China | - | 45 | 1:30,356,795 | 61,058 |
| Czechia | 95% | 45 | 1:236,804 | 1,745 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 37 | 1:416,860 | 20,046 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 29 | 1:6,122,909 | 83,805 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Cape Verde | - | 24 | 1:22,048 | 1,564 |
| Uganda | 100% | 24 | 1:1,706,538 | 23,866 |
| San Marino | 100% | 22 | 1:1,496 | 250 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Grenada | 100% | 21 | 1:5,149 | 844 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Georgia | 100% | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13 | 1:408,466 | 2,011 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Zambia | - | 13 | 1:1,219,600 | 16,711 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:4,657 | 727 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Greece | 100% | 10 | 1:1,093,455 | 9,717 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 9 | 1:663,697 | 17,951 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 8 | 1:79,322 | 2,544 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Cyprus | - | 7 | 1:124,439 | 3,136 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| North Macedonia | - | 7 | 1:298,680 | 7,602 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Senegal | 100% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Moldova | 100% | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | 94% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Dolorès (301), Dolorés (4), Dolóres (3), Dolôres (2) & Dolòres (1) are calculated separately.
Dolores (29,906) may also be a surname.
Dolores Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Spanish, short for Maria de Dolores, ‘Mary of the Sorrows’. The name of the Blessed Virgin was formerly seldom used directly in Spain, but attributive names such as this are common, e.g. (Maria de) Mercedes, (Maria) Assunta. Dolores is sometimes used by English, more often by American, Roman Catholics.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Originally and mainly Spanish (‘sorrows’: cf. Our Lady of Sorrows), from Latin dolor, ‘grief’, ‘pain,’ and ‘often given to children born in time of sorrow’ (Swan). In late C19- early 20 there flourished an opera singer thus pseudonymn’d; without the glow of Patti, or the tonal vigour of Melba, she yet had more charm than either; she was just a little inferior to both as a singer.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Found as an English female name, derived from the Spanish name Dolóores, signifying ‘sorrows,’ in allusion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Spanish (feminine) - Sorrow of the mother of our Lord.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Spanish (feminine) - Sorrow.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Lady of sorrows.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dolores Forename Popularity
Dolores Demographics
Dolores Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 50,423 (2014)
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Dolores Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dolores in the Russian language | ||
| Долорес | dolores | - |
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