Dorinda Forename

40,770th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 18,035 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Dorinda Forename Definition:

‘A fashionable English fancy embellishment’ rather of Dora than of Dorothea or Dorothy: cf. Florinda for Flora. (Yonge.)

Dorinda Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
7,4401:48,7282,749
Ghana
100%
3,5401:7,623805
Spain
100%
1,8991:24,5021,338
Peru
100%
7641:41,6122,325
England
100%
4951:112,3294,098
Argentina
100%
4511:94,8411,832
Netherlands
100%
4401:38,4142,902
Panama
100%
3201:12,2081,502
Brazil
100%
2941:728,69421,129
Portugal-2861:36,4021,414
Philippines
100%
2531:419,01014,766
Ecuador-2271:78,0922,190
South Africa
100%
2061:264,72215,592
Canada
100%
1641:202,0337,681
Mexico
100%
1351:919,5887,782
Northern Ireland
100%
1341:13,755866
Nigeria
100%
881:2,017,77740,483
Cuba-841:136,9832,351
Italy
100%
631:969,2408,481
Dominican Republic-561:186,2737,851
Honduras
100%
541:163,2864,195
Venezuela
100%
541:559,29414,492
Guatemala
100%
491:328,7433,715
Switzerland
100%
421:195,5594,605
India
100%
391:31,150,717630,417
Indonesia-361:7,165,657253,882
Belgium
100%
361:319,1686,264
Uruguay
100%
301:114,2552,768
Chile
100%
271:652,1197,084
Colombia-241:1,990,78916,766
Malaysia
 
95%
181:1,691,66351,518
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
161:85,0896,268
France
100%
161:4,154,39618,164
Australia-161:853,60110,910
Solomon Islands
100%
151:38,7302,561
Papua New Guinea
100%
151:543,48840,661
Barbados-151:19,3191,454
Scotland
100%
141:382,1695,277
Ireland
 
98%
141:331,6804,801
Germany
100%
121:8,056,49029,150
Jamaica-91:320,3599,892
Saint Kitts and Nevis-81:6,8581,062
Aruba-81:12,9721,901
Wales
100%
81:386,7895,520
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Thailand
100%
61:11,677,636152,954
Uganda
100%
61:6,826,15353,479
Belize
100%
61:59,0524,175
Nicaragua
100%
61:1,003,05613,067
Zimbabwe
100%
61:2,570,63664,965
Costa Rica
100%
61:794,6589,692
Paraguay
100%
51:1,447,3618,023
China-51:273,211,15675,889
El Salvador-51:1,268,3577,255
New Zealand-51:907,20910,885
Albania
100%
41:761,64222,793
Singapore
100%
41:1,571,76418,508
Angola-41:6,741,6524,704
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Guyana-41:190,81611,826
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
31:37,1933,592
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Cape Verde-21:264,5764,841
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787

Dorinda (19) may also be a surname.

Dorinda Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

‘A fashionable English fancy embellishment’ rather of Dora than of Dorothea or Dorothy: cf. Florinda for Flora. (Yonge.)

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Greek name, meaning: Given.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Dorinda Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Dorinda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dorinda in the Russian language
Дориндаdorinda-

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