Doreen

Where Doreen comes from

From Dora + -een.
— Wiktionary's entry for Doreen
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,723 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Doreen Valiente born
    English writer
  3. 1944
    Doreen Massey born
    British social scientist and geographer
  4. 1956
    Peak, #147
    2,574 babies named Doreen — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #240.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Doreen Massey · British social scientist and geographer, 1944–2016
  • Doreen Valiente · English writer, 1922–1999
  • Doreen Wilber · American archer, 1930–2008
  • Doreen Amata · Nigerian high jumper, born 1988
  • Doreen Baingana · Ugandan writer, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.