Dorsey Forename
89,131st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 5,640 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands
Dorsey Forename Definition:
A female name said to have been corrupted from Theodosia.
Dorsey Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76% | 5,531 | 1:65,546 | 3,366 |
| Jamaica | - | 25 | 1:115,329 | 4,649 |
| Germany | 100% | 12 | 1:8,056,490 | 29,150 |
| Congo | 67% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Canada | 100% | 7 | 1:4,733,339 | 48,640 |
| Nigeria | 67% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Philippines | 67% | 3 | 1:35,336,492 | 343,681 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| England | 100% | 2 | 1:27,801,460 | 132,211 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2 | 1:27,266,324 | 304,698 |
| Brazil | - | 2 | 1:107,118,077 | 571,487 |
| Thailand | - | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 1 | 1:30,449,940 | 373,101 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
Dorsey (61,479) may also be a surname.
Dorsey Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name said to have been corrupted from Theodosia.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A French name, meaning: Properly D’Orsay, French nobility one of whom, the Count D’Orsay, noted dilettante, shone in European society early in the nineteenth century.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 713 (2014)
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