Dorin
Dorin may refer to:Romanian masculine given nameDorin Chirtoacă Dorin Dănilă Dorin Drăguțanu Dorin Goian Dorin Junghietu Dorin Recean Dorin Rotariu Dorin TudoranSurnameFrançoise Dorin (1928–2018), French actor, comedian, novelist, playwright and songwriter; daughter of René René Dorin (1891-1969), French chansonnier, screenwriter and playwright
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Dorin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorin may refer to:Romanian masculine given nameDorin Chirtoacă Dorin Dănilă Dorin Drăguțanu Dorin Goian Dorin Junghietu Dorin Recean Dorin Rotariu Dorin TudoranSurnameFrançoise Dorin (1928–2018), French actor, comedian, novelist, playwright and songwriter; daughter of René René Dorin (1891-1969), French chansonnier, screenwriter and playwright
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
The Story of Dorin
As a girl name
Dorin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1958, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1958: 6 births, good for #5,407 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 29% of all recorded Dorins. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2005 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 21 Dorins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Dorin on the record books as a boy name in 1947, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 8 Dorins were born — ranking #5,200 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2015 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 144 Dorins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Dorin
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dorin. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dorinel
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About the name Dorin
Dorin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 144 births in the dataset. Dorin's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #5,200. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorin'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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