Dorit
Dorit is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Dorit Aharonov, Israeli computer scientist specializing in quantum computing Dorit Bar Or, Israeli actress and fashion designer Dorit Beinisch, 9th president of the Supreme Court of Israel Dorit Chrysler, Austrian electronic musician Dorit Cypis, Israeli American artist and mediator Dorit Gäbler, German stage and film actress and…
- Hebrew
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Dorit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorit is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Dorit Aharonov, Israeli computer scientist specializing in quantum computing Dorit Bar Or, Israeli actress and fashion designer Dorit Beinisch, 9th president of the Supreme Court of Israel Dorit Chrysler, Austrian electronic musician Dorit Cypis, Israeli American artist and mediator Dorit Gäbler, German stage and film actress and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
- Danish
The Story of Dorit
Dorit first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1965, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1980: 10 births, good for #6,319 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Dorits. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1983 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 45 Dorits have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dorit
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dorit. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Where is Dorit most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- Israel77%
- Germany7%
- Austria5%
- MO5%
- Kenya5%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Dorit
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dorit is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Dorit
Dorit is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 45 births in the dataset. Dorit's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #6,319. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorit'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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