Doreen Forename
1,694th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 589,237 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Doreen Forename Definition:
A female name. Irish Doireann ‘sullen’; a common OIr name which was often englished as Dorothy. It came into use in England about the beginning of the 20th C perhaps as a result of a novel of the name (1894) by Edna Lyall, an extremely popular writer in her day.
Read More About This ForenameDoreen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 96,989 | 1:573 | 131 |
| Uganda | 100% | 80,919 | 1:506 | 98 |
| United States | 100% | 78,991 | 1:4,590 | 673 |
| Kenya | 100% | 51,059 | 1:907 | 184 |
| Malawi | 100% | 46,302 | 1:370 | 71 |
| Zambia | - | 42,404 | 1:374 | 69 |
| Germany | 100% | 28,690 | 1:3,370 | 427 |
| Ghana | 100% | 24,553 | 1:1,099 | 232 |
| South Africa | 100% | 24,468 | 1:2,229 | 383 |
| Canada | 100% | 20,587 | 1:1,609 | 347 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 17,415 | 1:3,031 | 559 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 8,976 | 1:1,718 | 312 |
| Rwanda | - | 8,702 | 1:1,307 | 275 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,717 | 1:936 | 187 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,178 | 1:557 | 126 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,518 | 1:685 | 164 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 4,247 | 1:1,920 | 226 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,771 | 1:47,087 | 3,509 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,768 | 1:28,134 | 2,563 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 2,115 | 1:14,397 | 1,529 |
| Israel | 97% | 2,053 | 1:4,093 | 731 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,039 | 1:2,277 | 329 |
| Australia | - | 1,950 | 1:7,004 | 792 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,785 | 1:2,541 | 452 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| Syria | - | 1,616 | 1:11,947 | 884 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,409 | 1:1,550 | 282 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,407 | 1:1,310 | 254 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,183 | 1:14,287 | 1,538 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 888 | 1:654 | 134 |
| Malta | - | 858 | 1:500 | 120 |
| Guyana | 100% | 817 | 1:934 | 131 |
| Namibia | - | 731 | 1:3,289 | 554 |
| Singapore | 100% | 716 | 1:8,781 | 1,612 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 700 | 1:30,872 | 2,363 |
| Fiji | - | 662 | 1:1,348 | 344 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 583 | 1:146 | 40 |
| Barbados | - | 533 | 1:544 | 122 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 462 | 1:2,947 | 566 |
| Swaziland | - | 436 | 1:2,982 | 627 |
| Egypt | - | 412 | 1:223,061 | 7,852 |
| China | - | 392 | 1:3,484,836 | 49,396 |
| India | 100% | 343 | 1:3,541,918 | 152,412 |
| Jersey | - | 315 | 1:317 | 62 |
| Bahamas | - | 303 | 1:1,318 | 318 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 293 | 1:19,207 | 1,496 |
| Belgium | 100% | 252 | 1:45,595 | 2,343 |
| Poland | - | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Spain | 100% | 174 | 1:267,414 | 4,714 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 169 | 1:48,601 | 2,174 |
| Dominica | - | 149 | 1:507 | 117 |
| Guam | - | 147 | 1:1,093 | 241 |
| Iraq | 100% | 145 | 1:241,502 | 3,830 |
| Suriname | - | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Grenada | 99% | 123 | 1:879 | 162 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 110 | 1:842 | 205 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| Qatar | 100% | 102 | 1:23,231 | 3,339 |
| Hong Kong | - | 92 | 1:84,269 | 2,739 |
| Sweden | 100% | 92 | 1:107,151 | 4,505 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| Thailand | 100% | 86 | 1:814,719 | 32,439 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 82 | 1:1,338 | 275 |
| Belize | 100% | 81 | 1:4,374 | 910 |
| France | 100% | 78 | 1:852,184 | 7,198 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 72 | 1:2,699,412 | 32,979 |
| Bermuda | - | 71 | 1:913 | 199 |
| Austria | 100% | 67 | 1:127,078 | 2,368 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 63 | 1:871 | 172 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Brazil | 100% | 54 | 1:3,967,336 | 66,975 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 53 | 1:1,157 | 260 |
| Norway | 100% | 53 | 1:96,836 | 3,172 |
| Mexico | 100% | 52 | 1:2,387,393 | 13,165 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 49 | 1:2,277 | 426 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Liberia | 100% | 47 | 1:93,874 | 4,147 |
| Haiti | - | 43 | 1:249,464 | 10,581 |
| Denmark | - | 41 | 1:137,793 | 3,538 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 40 | 1:755,047 | 17,770 |
| Argentina | 100% | 36 | 1:1,188,146 | 5,692 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 36 | 1:660,269 | 31,946 |
| Brunei | - | 34 | 1:12,340 | 860 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,021 | 229 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 31 | 1:5,736 | 925 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Italy | 99% | 27 | 1:2,261,559 | 15,068 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Indonesia | - | 25 | 1:10,318,547 | 325,633 |
| Cyprus | - | 22 | 1:39,594 | 1,941 |
| Honduras | 100% | 20 | 1:440,873 | 7,120 |
| Chile | 100% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:2,083 | 481 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,415 | 513 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Panama | 100% | 12 | 1:325,546 | 10,471 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| Peru | 100% | 11 | 1:2,890,132 | 25,809 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Palestine | 100% | 9 | 1:505,562 | 3,190 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 9 | 1:648 | 154 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 8 | 1:904,601 | 6,499 |
| Turkey | - | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Czechia | - | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Congo | 67% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Doreën (5) & Dorëen (1) are calculated separately.
Doreen (4,458) may also be a surname.
Doreen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Irish Doireann ‘sullen’; a common OIr name which was often englished as Dorothy. It came into use in England about the beginning of the 20th C perhaps as a result of a novel of the name (1894) by Edna Lyall, an extremely popular writer in her day. It is now one of the commonest names among the working classes.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Originally Irish (Dorenn), it is from the Celtic, ‘sullen. ‘
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A French name, meaning: The gilded.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Doreen Forename Popularity
Doreen Demographics
Doreen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 23 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Doreen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Doreen in the Russian language | ||
| Дореен | doreen | - |
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