Dorel
Dorel is a surname for male and female, similar to the French word doré meaning golden and can also mean Adorable
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Dorel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorel is a surname for male and female, similar to the French word doré meaning golden and can also mean Adorable
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
The Story of Dorel
Dorel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1933, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1933: 5 births, good for #3,642 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1933 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5 Dorels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dorel
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About the name Dorel
Dorel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Dorel's peak popularity came in 1933 when it ranked #3,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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